This is the space watched over by statues of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Grant and Eisenhower and Ford and Reagan. This is a space where presidents- including President Lincoln and President Kennedy-have lain in state. “I walked from Statuary Hall into the rotunda, the most sacred space in our republic. Clio rides in the chariot of time and she has a book in her hands in which she takes notes, reminding all of us that our deeds are inscribed in the pages of History. It is a statue of Clio, the muse of History. As I walked out of Statuary Hall, I looked above the door and standing above the door… is the oldest statue in our Capitol. I tried to thank them, but my words that night seemed inadequate. “It is no exaggeration to say that their courage likely saved our lives and our democracy. For profiles in courage, we need look no farther than those men and women. These men and women had spent hours battling the violent mob, a mob of our fellow countrymen, attempting to stop the transition of presidential power. Bottles with water they’d been drinking and using to wash away the chemical spray deployed by the rioters littered the floor. “That night, law enforcement officers in black tactical gear were sitting on the floor, leaning against the statues, exhausted from the brutal hand-to-hand combat in which they had been engaged for hours. And there are statues of great Americans that line the walls. In that historic space there are brass markers on the floor that mark where the desk of Abraham Lincoln sat, and where the desk of John Quincy Adams sat. A short time before Congress went back into session, I left the House floor and walked to Statuary Hall, which, as you know, is where the House of Representatives met from 1807 to 1857. Furniture that had been used as a barricade was still stacked against the walls, the glass in the chamber doors was shattered, and containers that had held gas masks were strewn around. “That night, the House returned to the chamber around 9 o’clock. And this was never more true than on the night of Jan.

6, thinking often of my great-great grandfather and the Union he fought to defend. I have found myself, especially since Jan. “I think it is perhaps the greatest blessing of our nation that citizens in every generation have answered the call to defend our freedom.

Excerpts from her acceptance remarks follow:

6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol in Washington. Cheney was chosen for the citation, in part, for her service as vice-chair of the US House Select Committee’s investigation of the Jan. A “lifelong, committed conservative Republican,” US Rep. Kennedy Library Foundation’s Profile in Courage award on Sunday in Dorchester. Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming was one of five people honored with the John F.

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