A statue depicting Johnny Cash departed Arkansas for Washington on Thursday, as state officials gave the bronze figure a send-off toward its new home at the U.S. Capitol. A small crowd that included members of Cash's family gathered outside Arkansas' Capitol to watch as the statue — safely enclosed in a wooden crate in the back of a tractor trailer — began its journey.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The likeness of Johnny Cash set to live in the U.S. Capitol’s statuary hall is now on its way to D.C. The bronze statue of Arkansas-born Cash will join another recent addition to the space; Daisy Gatson Bates, who was placed there earlier this year as Arkansas’ newest representation.

A statue of country music icon and Arkansas native Johnny Cash began its 1,000-mile journey from Little Rock to its new home in Washington on Thursday with a send-off from the state Capitol. Sculptor Kevin Kresse,