A resolution to honor Woody Williams with a statue in the U.S. Capitol never got a vote in the House of Delegates.
The Senate passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 30 unanimously in February. It would have placed a statue of Hershel “Woody” Williams in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol.
But like hundreds of other bills during the 60-day session, it never moved in the other chamber.
Williams, who died in 2022 at age 98, was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II. Williams was awarded the medal for his actions in combat in the Marine Corps at the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.
Congressional leaders paid tribute to Williams in the U.S. Capitol rotunda following his death.
His statue would have replaced that of John Kenna, a 19th century legislator. Kenna’s statue would have been relocated to the Culture Center in Charleston.
Watch West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s tribute to Williams here.