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The Irony Behind the Statue of Freedom

  • by Robert Malesky
  • Posted on July 26, 2014July 6, 2023

Sculptor Clark Mills opened a foundry nearby back in the 1840s. He produced many great statues with the help of an enslaved artisan named Philip Reid, including the statue of Freedom atop the Capitol building.

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