General Lafayette Statue (Washington, D.C.)

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General Lafayette Statue (Washington, D.C.)
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Monument to Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette, Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C., USA. Sculptor: Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière (1831-1900).

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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 French officers from joining the Continental Army.…