MS HC37

Requests the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to approve replacing Mississippi's Jefferson Davis statue in the National Statuary Hall with a statue of either B.B. King or Elvis Presley

B.B. King was born September 16, 1925, in Berclair, Mississippi, won over a dozen Grammy awards, and is buried at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola

Elvis Presley was born January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, served two years in the U.S. Army, and donated approximately $14,000 in 1957 for a youth recreation center in Tupelo

Requests the Governor to issue a proclamation supporting the replacement and create a commission to solicit private contributions for the new statue, as state law requires Mississippi to pay all replacement costs

The current Jefferson Davis statue was crafted by Augustus Lukeman and dedicated in 1931; several other states have already replaced statues with figures including Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and Helen Keller