African Americans in Lafayette Square, 1795-1965
The phrase "The Half Had Not Been Told Me" is taken from a Biblical reference Frederick Douglass used to describe...
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The corners of Lafayette Park are marked by four bronze sculptural groups recognizing individuals from foreign countries who helped win the American Revolution. The earliest, of Marquis de Lafayette, were placed there in 1891, while the most recent two, Tadeuzs Kosciuszko and Baron von Steuben, were dedicated in 1910. Pictured here is the second statue, that of Comte de Rochambeau. Sited on the southwest corner of the park, it was unveiled in 1902, commemorating the leader of the 5,500 man expeditionary force sent by the French Crown to help the Americans.
The phrase "The Half Had Not Been Told Me" is taken from a Biblical reference Frederick Douglass used to describe...
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For more than two hundred years, Lafayette Square has been home to a wide variety of historical figures, from diplomats...
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From the beginning of its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior...
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