Nkhondo Yachiŵeniŵeni itangotsala pang’ono kutha, munthu wina waukapolo amene ankagwira ntchito m’malo amene tsopano akutchedwa Route 1 corridor anathandiza kuponya fano lamkuwa pamwamba pa US Capitol. udindo wake pakupanga "Statue of Freedom" korona pamwamba.Anabadwa cha m'ma 1820, Reid anagulidwa ali mnyamata ku Charleston, SC, kwa $1,200 ndi wojambula wodziphunzitsa yekha Clark Mills, yemwe adawona kuti

anali ndi "talente yowonekera" m'munda. Iye anabwera ndi Mills pamene anasamukira ku DC m'zaka za m'ma 1840. Mu DC, Mills anamanga maziko ooneka ngati octagon ku Bladensburg kum'mwera kwa Colmar Manor kumene fano la Ufulu linaponyedwa. chifaniziro choyamba cha bronze ku America - fano la equestrian la Andrew Jackson - atapambana mpikisano, ngakhale ataphunzitsidwa. Reid ankalipidwa $ 1.25 pa tsiku chifukwa cha ntchito yake - kuposa $ 1 antchito ena omwe analandira - koma monga munthu waukapolo ankaloledwa kusunga malipiro ake Lamlungu, ndi masiku ena asanu ndi limodzi kupita ku Mills.Reid anali wodziwa kwambiri ntchitoyo. Itafika nthawi yosuntha pulasitala ya fanolo, wosemasema wa ku Italy wolembedwa ntchito ndi boma kuti athandize anakana kusonyeza aliyense momwe angatengere chitsanzocho pokhapokha atapatsidwa ndalama zambiri, koma Reid anaganiza momwe anganyamulire chosemacho ndi pulley kuti awulule seams.