Lafayette Monument, Washington, D.C.

ID: 3380 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Creator: Detroit Publishing Co. ~ Date: [between 1900 and 1906]

This file appears in: Marquis de Lafayette Statue: This monument honors the Marquis de Lafayette, a young French nobleman who fought for American Independence in both words and action.

This file appears in: Marquis de Lafayette Statue: This monument honors the Marquis de Lafayette, a young French nobleman who fought for American Independence in both words and action.

Marquis de Lafayette Statue: This monument honors the Marquis de Lafayette, a young French nobleman who fought for American Independence in both words and action.

By The DC Historic Sites team

This memorial commemorates the Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette, a French nobleman who at the age of twenty crossed the Atlantic to fight for American Independence, despite a royal decree prohibiting…