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Memorial to Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson
 
 
Memorial Door

Text of the Plaque:

IN HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF THE HEROISM
DISPLAYED BY
OFFICER JACOB JOSEPH CHESTNUT
AND
DETECTIVE JOHN MICHAEL GIBSON
UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE
WHO, ON JULY 24, 1998, HERE
BRAVELY GAVE THEIR LIVES DEFENDING
THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL

DEDICATED BY THE HONORABLE J. DENNIS HASTERT,
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE HONORABLE STROM THURMOND,
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE