Plaque for wounded Capitol Police installed, at 4 am.

March 8, 2026

Photos: Former U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan Police officers wounded during the 6 Jan. 2021 attack on the Capitol. Top to bottom — Harry Dunn, Michael Fanone, Aquilino Gonell, and Daniel Hodges (A. Kotok). All images are available at the Alamy agency.

A memorial plaque honoring police officers wounded during the 6 Jan. 2021 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol was installed on the building’s west front side on Saturday 7 Mar. at 4:00 am. Olivia George, a Washington Post reporter, witnessed the installation after its authorization three years earlier.

George’s story in the Post notes Congress mandated a commemorative plaque in Mar. 2022, for installation within a year. George says artists created the plaque, but it remained in storage under orders from Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), who supervises the Capitol architect, the office responsible for building maintenance.

Harry Dunn, one of the officers hurt in the attack, sued to have the plaque installed, and the Senate in Jan. 2026 gave unanimous consent for the installation. George says, “There was no announcement, no ceremony, no news cameras — just two employees on their routine overnight shift working while most of Washington slept.”

We photo’d Dunn and three other officers wounded in the attack who spoke at a “January 6, Five Years Later” program at the National Press Club. TechNewsLit Explores reported on the program on 8 Jan. Those photos, shown above, are available from the TechNewsLit portfolio at the Alamy agency.