The man in black is now a fixture at the U.S. Capitol.
A statue of country singing legend Johnny Cash was unveiled Tuesday morning in Emancipation Hall in Washington, D.C.
The event made history as the Arkansas native was the first musician in to be included in the National Statuary Hall Collection, KTAL News reported.
The moment was not lost on his daughter, Rosanne Cash, who talked about how appreciative her father would be of the honor.
“I am very careful not to put words in his mouth since his passing,” she said. “But on this day I can safely say that he would feel that of all the many honors and accolades he received in his lifetime, this is the ultimate.”
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Arkansas artist Kevin Kresse created the 8-foot-tall statue. He was commissioned by the National Statuary Hall Steering Committee.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) attended the event and talked about Cash’s legacy.
“In an era when most musician’s images were carefully curated, he was open about straddling the border between clean cut Johnny and cast down Cash,” Sanders said. “When so much in today’s world is fake, Johnny Cash was very real.”
The U.S. Air Force Band performed “I Walk the Line” — Cash’s signature song that was released in 1959.
