Speaking Out: On Politics, History and Race

September 12, 2007

"Philip Reid and the Statue of Freedom" Video now on Internet

The two minute video “Philip Reid and the Statue of Freedom,” the story of the slave who supervised the bronze casting of the statue now atop the U.S Capitol dome, is now widely available on the Internet for viewing and downloading, at no charge, of course. The video can be found at http://video.aol.com/;; http://www.clipshack.com/; http://www.livevideo.com/; http://www.revver.com,www.viddler.com/; http://www.youtube.com/; http://video.yahoo.com/; (in each case search “Philip Reid and the Statue of Freedom”) or go immediately to the video on Google by clicking on the link below:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1932612423655902829&hl=en

This accomplishment of this slave, Philip Reid, is possibly the best kept secret in American History. The truth needs to reach all Americans of any and all ethnic, social, educational, and cultural backgrounds; all parents and their children; and all students all grade levels….because:

In a free society
Everyone who knows the Truth
Has the responsibility for spreading it.
Philip Reid ( Reenacted, 1863)

Continue reading ...