The original designer of the Statue of Freedom at the US Capitol wanted to give the figure a Phrygian cap, a symbol of freedom (in ancient times worn by a freed slave) It was rejected because "Americans have never been slaves" Same idea, rejecting slaves vs freedmen as Americanhttps://twitter.com/catrionalewis/status/1298150530418704385 …
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By the way this happened in the 1850s and the government official who raised this objection was the Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce A man by the name of Jefferson Davis
4:42 AM - 26 Aug 2020
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