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    Phillip Reed (born Milton LeRoy; March 25, 1908 – December 7, 1996) was an American actor. He played Steve Wilson in a series of four films (1947–1948) based on the Big Town radio series. Early years [ edit ]

  2. Dec 8, 2020 · Philip Reed was a talented enslaved artisan who worked as a sculptor's apprentice for Clark Mills. He helped create the Jackson and Washington monuments and the Statue of Freedom on the Capitol dome.

  3. Jul 4, 2023 · The Statue of Freedom, standing atop the U.S. Capitol like a national wedding-cake topper, wouldn’t exist without the artistry of an enslaved man named Philip Reed.

  4. Philip Reid was an enslaved worker who helped cast the Statue of Freedom for the Capitol dome in 1860-1861. He was paid for his work, received his freedom in 1862, and became a free man when the statue was completed in 1863.

  5. Dec 24, 1996 · Dec. 24, 1996 12 AM PT. Phillip Reed, a leading man and second leading man in motion pictures from the late 1930s to the 1960s, has died. He was 88. Reed died Dec. 14 in Los Angeles. The actor’s ...

  6. Jan 10, 2021 · Philip Reed, The Enslaved Man Who Rescued Freedom. The ironies abound in the story of Reed, who made it possible to erect the statue that remains on the top of the Capitol dome today. by Megan Smolenyak via Medium on January 10, 2021. In January 2009, a man who had vanished into the mists of history made a brief reappearance with the historic ...

  7. Feb 18, 2023 · In part three of our series, “Hidden Histories,” we learn about one of those enslaved laborers, a sculptor named Philip Reed. Some of Washington, D.C.’s most familiar landmarks were built ...

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