Hondo Yenyika I isati yatanga, mumwe murume aive muuranda aishanda munzvimbo inovambwa kubva kune yava kunzi Route 1 corridor yakabatsira kukanda chifananidzo chebhuronzi pamusoro peUS Capitol. Nepo vanhu vazhinji vaive muuranda vakabatsira kuvaka Capitol, Philip Reid ndiye anonyanya kuzivikanwa. basa rake mukugadzira "Statue of Freedom" korona yepamusoro. Akazvarwa munenge muna 1820, Reid akatengwa ari jaya muCharleston, SC, nemadhora 1,200 nemuvezi akazvidzidzisa Clark Mills, akaona kuti
aiva ne“tarenda rinooneka” mumunda. Akauya naMills paakatamira kuDC kumakore ekuma1840. MuDC, Mills akavaka chivakwa chakaita octagon paBladensburg kumaodzanyemba kweColmar Manor uko kwakazokandwa chifananidzo cheRusununguko. Vachishanda pamwe chete mukuedza-nekukanganisa vaviri vakabudirira. chifananidzo chekutanga chebhuronzi muAmerica - chivezwa cheequestrian chaAndrew Jackson - mushure mekukunda mumakwikwi, zvisinei nekudzidziswa kwepamutemo. Muna 1860, vaviri vakakunda komisheni yekukanda chifananidzo cheRusununguko. Reid aibhadharwa $1.25 pazuva nokuda kwebasa rake - mari inopfuura $1 iyo vamwe vashandi vakagamuchira - asi semunhu akanga ari muranda aingobvumirwa kuchengeta mubhadharo wake weSvondo, nemamwe mazuva matanhatu achienda kuMills.Reid aiva neunyanzvi hwepamusoro pabasa. Payakasvika nguva yekufambisa mufananidzo wepurasita wechifananidzo, muvezi weItaly akabhadharwa nehurumende kuti abatsire akaramba kuratidza chero munhu nzira yekubvisa muenzaniso kunze kwekunge apiwa mari yakawanda, asi Reid akafunga nzira yekusimudza chivezwa ne pulley kuratidza seams.
Pakati penguva yekushanda pachifananidzo cheRusununguko chakatanga uye chikamu chekupedzisira chakaiswa, Reid akagamuchira rusununguko rwake. Akazozvishandira amene, apo mumwe munyori akanyora kuti “airemekedzwa zvikuru navose vanomuziva.”
Iwe unogona kuona iyo plaster modhi yechifananidzo cheRusununguko muEmancipation Hall muCapitol Visitor's Center.
Nguva yekutumira: May-31-2023