Ngaphambi nje kweMpi Yombango, indoda eyisigqila eyayisebenza endaweni esungulwe endaweni manje ebizwa ngokuthi i-Route 1 Corridor yasiza ukuphonsa isithombe sethusi phezu kwe-US Capitol. Nakuba abantu abaningi ababeyizigqila basiza ukwakha iCapitol, uPhilip Reid mhlawumbe waziwa kakhulu. indima yakhe ekudaleni "Isifanekiso Senkululeko" esithwesa umqhele phezulu. Wazalwa cishe ngo-1820, uReid wathengwa njengensizwa eCharleston, SC, ngamaRandi angu-1,200 ngumqophi ozifundisayo uClark Mills, owabona ukuthi

“wayenethalenta elibonakalayo” ensimini.Wafika noMills ngenkathi ethuthela e-DC ngeminyaka yawo-1840s. E-DC, iMills yakha indawo yokutholwa emise okwe-octagon e-Bladensburg eningizimu ye-Colmar Manor lapho kwagcina kwenziwa khona isifanekiso seNkululeko. isithombe sokuqala sethusi eMelika - isifanekiso samahhashi sika-Andrew Jackson - ngemva kokuwina umncintiswano, naphezu kwanoma yikuphi ukuqeqeshwa okusemthethweni. Ngo-1860, bobabili bawina ikhomishana yokuphonsa isifanekiso seNkululeko.UReid wayekhokhelwa u-$1.25 ngosuku ngomsebenzi wakhe - ngaphezu kwe-$1 ezinye izisebenzi ezatholwa - kodwa njengomuntu ogqilaziwe wayevunyelwe kuphela ukugcina inkokhelo yakhe yangeSonto, nezinye izinsuku eziyisithupha eya eMills.UReid wayenekhono eliphezulu emsebenzini.Lapho sekuyisikhathi sokuhambisa umfuziselo wesithombe esisikiwe, umqophi wezithombe wase-Italy owaqashwa uhulumeni ukuba asize wenqaba ukubonisa noma ubani ukuthi angawuhlukanisa kanjani lo mfanekiso ngaphandle uma enikezwa imali eyengeziwe, kodwa uReid wacabanga ukuthi angawuphakamisa kanjani umfanekiso oqoshiwe. i-pulley ukuze embule ama-seams.