Chestnut-Gibson Plaque

    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

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