"In the predawn darkness Saturday, around 4 a.m., staff with the Architect of the Capitol bolted the bronze plaque to a granite wall near an entrance on the west front, close to where the armed crowd had amassed and scaled scaffolding set up for the inauguration. They wheeled the plaque, stored in plywood, across the stone basement floor and guided it through the double doors."
"They raised the tribute with a jack table and began bolting it to the wall, the clang of their tools ringing out through otherwise empty hallways. The employees stepped away to get a tool. They checked again & again to get the plaque straight—extra tricky because apparently the floor isn't level here. Next they added a nearby QR code. It links to names of officers who served. 45 pages of names."
A bronze plaque commemorating police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 riot was finally installed early Saturday morning near the west front entrance where rioters had gathered. The memorial, mandated by Congress and required by law to be installed by March 2023, was previously deemed unimplementable by House Speaker Mike Johnson's office. Installation crews worked overnight, carefully bolting the plaque to a granite wall in the predawn hours. A QR code accompanies the plaque, linking to the names of 45 pages of officers who served during the defense of the Capitol building.
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