There will be a new statue unveiled at the U.S. Capitol in 2022, and it will be a history-making moment.
Last month, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) assisted in unveiling a new statue in Florida that will later move to the U.S. Capitol. The Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune statue arrived in the United States by way of Florida since arriving from Italy.
The McLeod Bethune statue will be representing the State of Florida in the United States Capitol’s National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue of Dr. Bethune will be the first to represent an African American person from any state in the collection. The statue of Dr. Bethune is taking the place of an obscure Confederate general who has represented Florida in the state collection since 1922.
