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tina tron

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3. The sculptor, Thomas Crawford

Reply to Coyotl (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 05:33 PM

Dec 2013

also sculpted the Washington monument in Richmond Virginia and a likeness of the statue was featured on the Great Seal of the Confederate States of America.

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United States Capitol's Statue Of Freedom was placed atop the Dome on this day in 1863. [View all] Coyotl Dec 2013 OP

Philip Reid, an enslaved man forged the Statue of Freedom but was a free man when it was installed. Brother Buzz Dec 2013 #1

Excellent addition, a slave casting the statue of freedom. So very American!! Coyotl Dec 2013 #2

I don't get it Art_from_Ark Dec 2013 #5

I guess because he was in DC working on the Capital. Coyotl Dec 2013 #7

It still doesn't make much sense to me Art_from_Ark Dec 2013 #8

He was the only qualified person and that is how he ends up in DC. Coyotl Dec 2013 #9

The sculptor, Thomas Crawford tina tron Dec 2013 #3

kick Coyotl Dec 2013 #4

K&R thanks for the history, C Cha Dec 2013 #6