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Statue of Michael Jackson going to the Capitol Building Entrance

If the rumor is true then it could be a statue of Michael Jackson will be one of the statues that adorn the National Statuary Hall Collection in the Capitol Building, Washington DC. Whether the statue which will be replaced by Michael this, but certainly there are two statues of the State of California that has been perched there.

In the National Statuary Hall Collection alone there are one hundred statues of the 50 states in the United States. Each state is entitled to place two statues and can be replaced after a period of 10 years. June last year, California to replace the statue of Thomas Starr King (a priest of the 19th century) with a statue of President Ronald Reagan. Now if the rumors circulating for the state of California will include a statue of Michael Jackson, which means one of the existing statue will be replaced.

If you remember the statue of Ronald Reagan just signed the biggest possible sculpture that will be replaced is the statue of Father Junipero Serra (Spanish missionary) who had been there since 1931. According to Splash News, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol has not been willing to release any statement about this rumor. (SPL / rock)