Sumner Hutcheson III at the Unveiling of the Mary McLeod Bethune Statue at the United States Capitol

Sumner Hutcheson III at the Unveiling of the Mary McLeod Bethune Statue at the United States Capitol

Sumner Hutcheson III with Mary McLeod Bethune Statue at U.S. Capitol

Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955

National Statuary Hall (United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.)

A color photograph of Sumner Hutcheson III at the Unveiling of the Mary McLeod Bethune Statue at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. on July 13th, 2022. The statue, created by Nilda Comas, is made of Italian Carrara marble and was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Florida in 2022. Bethune is the first African American represented in the National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue replaced Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith's statue.

Sumner Hutcheson III

1 original color photograph, 2022: Personal Collection of Sumner Hutcheson III.

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Private Collection of Sumner Hutcheson III.

"Mary McLeod Bethune." Architect of the Capitol. "https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/mary-mcleod-bethune-statue. Accessed October 10, 2025.

"Historic first as Mary McLeod Bethune statue installed at the U.S. Capitol."University of Florida News. Jule 13, 2022. https://news.ufl.edu/2022/07/mary-mcleod-bethune/. Accessed October 10, 2025.