Washington National Mall Mystery: The Philip Reid Time Capsule

A Yale historian arrives in Washington with a single lead: a mysterious email pointing to a time capsule hidden somewhere on the Capitol grounds. The trail follows Philip Reid , an enslaved man who helped raise the Statue of Freedom atop the Capitol dome in 1863, and then disappeared from the historical record entirely. Walk through the U.S. Capitol , the Library of Congress , the Botanic Garden , and a dozen landmarks woven into the history of American democracy and the people it failed. The answer you find at the end will be more personal than you expected.

- Stand where Philip Reid stood when the Statue of Freedom was raised above the Capitol dome - Walk through the Japanese American Memorial and learn what two communities' histories share - Discover what a court document from 1860 reveals about the man you have been chasing - Find out why a Washington Post journalist is waiting for you at the Peace Monument

Start: Columbus Circle. Finish: Robert A. Taft Memorial and Carillon. 12 challenges included.