This Memorial Honors Philip Reed — Landover, Maryland

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This Memorial Honors Philip Reed

Landover, Maryland

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Philip Reed, the enslaved man who built the Statue of Freedom atop the U.S. Capitol, died a free man on Feb. 6, 1892, and is buried at National Harmony Memorial Park.

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Landover, Maryland · USA

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