Major General Marquis Gilbert De Lafayette Statue-52' (Washington West) (38.8990006, -77.0349768)
Lafayette Square- (Washington West) (38.899528, -77.036556)
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This park is across Pennsylvania Ave from the White House. There are five statues in the square:
- Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette (depicting the Marquis de Lafayette, of France, by sculptors Alexandre Falguière and Antonin Mercié, installed 1891);
- Major General Comte Jean de Rochambeau (depicting the comte de Rochambeau, of France, by sculptor Fernand Hamar, dedicated 1902);
- Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko (depicting Tadeusz Kościuszko, of Poland, by sculptor Antoni Popiel, dedicated 1910);
- Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (depicting the Baron von Stueben, of Prussia, by sculptor Albert Jaegers, dedicated 1910).
- equestrian statue of President Andrew Jackson, erected in 1853; it is the first bronze statue cast in the United States
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March 21, 2023
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