Hello,

My name is Mastiff and I'll be reviewing your piece. These are just my thoughts and forgive me if I ramble, and realize I make just as many mistakes as anyone else. Thank you for sharing your writing, and I hope this is helpful!

Title: Nothing too unusual. The subtitle doesn't give anything away, either. Sometimes there's a reason, though.

Initial Reaction: I always stop a little way into a piece to see if it's for me. My thought was what manual labor had to do with ideas and possibilities. So I read on and went for it.

Setting: Well, we don't really get it until the end, do we? And those who've been (And I sat on Washington's head) are at an advantage over those who have not visited.

Character Development: For this story we have enough. Most times I wished people would give better descriptions, but I think you were short on words, It worked well enough.

Plot: Nice setup. I doubt anyone saw that coming. Working hard doesn't let you know the ultimate product!

Ending: Well, it's kind of the whole point. I enjoyed how you did it.

Line-by-line and Suggestions:

Para. 1 Ln. 1 - In that quote, consider removing the comma. I think it's technically right, but if you read it as the spoken word, I doubt there is a pause there.
Para. 2 Ln. 2 - Again, consider the comma. I use too many myself.
Para. 3 Ln. 1 - You could drop ", some" after ground, and the sentence might roll smoother.

Overall - Well written. None of my suggestions are errors, just how it might read a tad better.

Happy Writing!

Mastiff