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General Lafayette Statue

Posted on November 25, 2019July 13, 2024 by dcmemorialist

Lafayette Park Square was first referred to as Lafayette Square beginning in the 1820s. By the time Clark Mill’s Andrew Jackson statue was placed in the center of the park in 1853, directly to the north of the White House, the official name of the park was Lafayette Square.

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