Participants celebrated the unveiling of a statue of Jack Swigert, the former Apollo astronaut who was also elected to Congress in 1982 in Colorado but died before taking office. Friends and former colleagues spoke about Mr. Swigert and Speaker Gingrich reminded the audience that each state is represented by two statues in Statuary Hall in the Capitol which he called the "heart of freedom". Mr. Swigert died of cancer just before taking the oath of office in the House.