Washington DC - A plaque honoring the police officers who defended politicians from raging Donald Trump supporters on January 6, 2021 has finally been hung in the Capitol to comply with a law passed years ago.

According to The Washington Post, staff with the Architect of the Capitol installed the plaque on Saturday morning at around 4 AM.

It was placed at the end of a hallway inside an entrance on the West Front of the Capitol, which is not open to the public.

"On behalf of a grateful Congress, this plaque honors the extraordinary individuals who bravely protected and defended this symbol of democracy on January 6, 2021," the plaque reads.

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"Their heroism will never be forgotten."

The plaque lists the names of nearly two dozen local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies that responded that day, including the DC police, the US Secret Service, the US Capitol Police, and the National Guard.

The display also includes a QR code that sends visitors to a file with the names of officers who defended the Capitol.

"There was no announcement, no ceremony, no news cameras," The Washington Post noted. "Just two employees on their routine overnight shift working while most of Washington slept."

Congress had originally passed a law in March 2022 for the plaque to be installed by a deadline of March 2023. Despite this, the plaque sat in the basement of the building for years as Republicans have ignored the measure, refusing to put it up.

Trump and his MAGA supporters have sought to change the narrative about January 6, arguing that the rioters who stormed the Capitol were actually peaceful protesters and patriots, and their prosecution was the result of a weaponized criminal justice system.

At the very beginning of his second term, Trump signed an executive order granting clemency to over 1,500 of the rioters, including violent offenders, many of whom have since been rearrested for various offenses.