Nwoke a gbara ohu tụbara ihe oyiyi ọla na-achichi Capitol n'ụlọ ebe a na-emepụta ụzọ 1.

Tupu Agha Obodo, otu nwoke ohu na-arụ ọrụ n'ebe a na-achọta ebe dị ugbu a bụ ụzọ ụzọ ụzọ 1 nyere aka ịkwanye ihe oyiyi ọla n'elu US Capitol. Ọ bụ ezie na ọtụtụ ndị ohu nyere aka wuo Capitol, Philip Reid bụ ma eleghị anya onye a maara nke ọma maka ya. Ọrụ ya n'ịmepụta "Akpụrụ akpụ nke nnwere onwe" na-ekpuchi elu. A mụrụ na 1820, Reid zụtara mgbe ọ bụ nwa okorobịa na Charleston, SC, maka $ 1,200 site n'aka onye na-akpụ ihe n'onwe ya bụ Clark Mills, bụ onye hụrụ na ya.

 

nwere "talent pụtara ìhè" n'ọhịa. Ọ bịara na Mills mgbe ọ kwagara DC na 1840. Na DC, Mills wuru ụlọ octagon dị na Bladensburg dị n'ebe ndịda Colmar Manor bụ ebe e mechara ihe oyiyi Freedom. Na-arụkọ ọrụ ọnụ site na ikpe-na-ezighị ezi nke abụọ ahụ nke ọma. Ihe oyiyi ọla mbụ na America - ihe oyiyi nke Andrew Jackson - mgbe o meriri asọmpi, n'agbanyeghị ọzụzụ ọ bụla. A na-akwụ Reid $ 1.25 kwa ụbọchị maka ọrụ ya - karịa $ 1 ndị ọrụ ndị ọzọ natara - mana dịka onye ohu ka a na-ahapụ ya ka ọ na-akwụ ụgwọ Sunday ya, na ụbọchị isii ndị ọzọ na-aga Mills.Reid nwere nkà dị ukwuu n'ọrụ ahụ. Mgbe oge ruru ịkwagharị ihe oyiyi plasta nke ihe oyiyi ahụ, onye na-ese ihe Ịtali nke gọọmenti goro ka ọ nyere aka jụrụ igosi onye ọ bụla ka ọ ga-esi wepụ ihe nlereanya ahụ ma ọ bụrụ na e nyere ya ego ọzọ, ma Reid chepụtara otú e si ebuli ihe ọkpụkpụ ahụ na ihe ọkpụkpụ. pulley ikpughe seams.

N'agbata oge ọrụ na ihe oyiyi Freedom malitere na akụkụ ikpeazụ arụnyere, Reid nwetara nnwere onwe ya. O mechara banye n’ọrụ maka onwe ya, ebe otu onye edemede dere na “ndị niile maara ya ji ya kpọrọ ihe nke ukwuu.”

Ị nwere ike ịhụ ụdị plasta nke ihe oyiyi nnwere onwe na Ụlọ Nzukọ Emancipation na Capitol Visitor's Center.


Oge nzipu: Mee-31-2023