It’s slated for completion in 2028 on a site with a direct view of the Capitol, evoking reporters’ watchdog role
Pictures of five employees of the Capital Gazette newspaper adorn candles during a vigil across the street from where they were slain in the newsroom in Annapolis, Md.In the 1980s, Ben Cardin and I went to Congress from very different places, both politically and geographically. I was a young Republican elected in 1980 from a suburban Los Angeles district as Ronald Reagan swept into the White House.
During memorial services and quiet moments that followed the attack five years ago, I met with survivors and their family members. A few months later, I approached Ben and other friends in Congress with an idea. I wanted to always remember those killed — journalists Rob Hiaasen, Wendi Winters, Gerald Fischman and John McNamara; and sales assistant Rebecca Smith — as well as the brave women and men who survived the attack and, remarkably, went back to work getting the paper out the next day.
President Donald Trump signed the measure into law in December 2020. Ben didn’t give up there. He continued to be an advocate for the memorial, pushing through additional legislation that would allow the foundation to consider a location on the National Mall. It will be a memorial for men and women who put their lives at risk to cover local news, including television reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward, who were shot in 2015 during a live television interview in Virginia by a former colleague; and Dylan Lyons, who was shot in February while reporting from a homicide scene in Florida.
For the memorial, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has signed off on one-third of an acre between the National Museum of the American Indian and the Voice of America building. It will have a direct view of the Capitol, evoking journalists’ role as government watchdogs.
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