I mua tata tonu o te Pakanga Tangata, he tangata taurekareka e mahi ana i roto i te whare hangahanga mai i te huarahi e kiia nei ko te huarahi 1 inaianei i awhina i te tarai i te whakapakoko parahi ki runga ake o te US Capitol. Ahakoa he maha nga taurekareka i awhina ki te hanga i te Capitol, ko Philip Reid pea te mea tino rongonui mo Ko tana mahi ki te hanga i te "Whakaahua o te Whakaaetanga" hei whakakorona i te tihi. I whanau a Reid i te takiwa o te tau 1820, i hokona a Reid i a ia e tamariki ana i Charleston, SC, mo te $1,200 e te tohunga whakairo a Clark Mills, nana i kite

he "taatai ​​kitea" i roto i te mara. I haere mai ia me Mills i tana neke ki DC i te tekau tau atu i 1840. I roto i te DC, i hanga e Mills he hangahanga octagon-ahua ki Bladensburg i te taha tonga o Colmar Manor te wahi i tukuna ai te whakapakoko Freedom. Ma te mahi tahi na roto i te whakamatautau-a-hapa i pai te maka o te tokorua. te whakapakoko parahi tuatahi i Amerika - he whakapakoko eke hoiho o Andrew Jackson - i muri i te wikitoria i tetahi whakataetae, ahakoa nga whakangungu okawa. I utua a Reid i te $1.25 i ia ra mo tana mahi - neke atu i te $1 i riro i era atu kaimahi - engari i te mea he taurekareka ka tukuna noa tana utu i te Ratapu, me era atu ra e ono ka haere ki Mills. He tino mohio a Reid ki te mahi. I te wa ki te neke i te tauira raima o te whakapakoko, karekau tetahi tohunga whakairo Itari i utua e te kawanatanga hei awhina ki te whakaatu ki tetahi me pehea te tango i te tauira ki te kore e hoatu ki a ia etahi atu moni, engari i whakaaro a Reid me pehea te hiki i te whakairo me te pulley hei whakaatu i nga tui.