Photos: Nebraska's Willa Cather statue unveiled at US Capitol
Members of Nebraska's congressional delegation and Gov. Jim Pillen, as well as U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (second right) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (right), applaud the unveiling of the Willa Cather statue in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
MIKE THEILER, For the Journal Star
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen makes remarks after the unveiling of Willa Cather's statue in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
MIKE THEILER, For the Journal Star
Guests (left to right) John Cather Ickis (Willa Cather's grandnephew), Abby Camp (daughter of Willa Cather patron Laurie Smith Camp), Ashley Olson (Executive Director of the Willa Cather Foundation) and sculptor Littleton Alston, who is now the only African-American to have his work on display in Statuary Hall, attend the unveiling of Cather's statue at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in Washington, DC.
MIKE THEILER, For the Journal Star
Sen. Deb Fischer speaks during the unveiling of a statue of author Willa Cather in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The Cather statue joins one of Ponca Chief Standing Bear.
MIKE THEILER, For the Journal Star
Nebraska Rep. Adrian Smith makes remarks during the unveiling of a statue of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in Washington, DC.
