a: 2 1/2 × 54 in. (6.4 × 137.2 cm)
b: 2 1/2 × 37 in. (6.4 × 94 cm)
Accession Number
2005.155.001a,b
Credit Line
Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
Object Details
These two banner ribbons decorated a wreath laid by Congressmen Steny Hoyer and Roy Blunt during a memorial tribute to civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Parks lay in honor in the Capitol Rotunda on October 30 and 31, 2005—the first woman granted that tribute.