LAFAYETTE, Marquis Gilbert de: Memorial (ca. 1891) in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C. by Jean Alexander Joseph Falguiere, Marius Jean Antonin Mercie located in James M. Goode's Pennsylvania Avenue area

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Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, Lafayette (initially the Marquis de Lafayette) (September 6, 1757 – May 20, 1834) was a French military officer and former aristocrat who participated in both the American and French revolutions. He permanently renounced the title "Marquis" before the French National Assembly in June, 1790). Even though he was already adopted by George Washington, he was twice granted Honorary Citizenship of the United States, first in 1824 (along with his descendants in perpetuity), and again, posthumously in 2002; one of only six specific persons so honored. Lafayette served in the American Revolutionary War both as a general and as a diplomat, serving entirely without pay in both roles. Later, he was to prove a key figure in the early phases of the French Revolution. He was a leading figure among the Feuillants, who tried to turn France into a constitutional monarchy, and commander of the French National Guard. Accused by Jean-Paul Marat of responsibility for the "Massacre of the Champ de Mars" (before which, Lafayette was nearly assasinated), he subsequently was forced out of a leading role in the Revolution by Jacobin Terror anarchists. On August 19, 1792, the Jacobin party seized control of Paris and the National Assembly, ordering Lafayette's arrest. He fled France and was arrested by the Austrian army in Rochefort, Belgium. Thereafter, he spent five years in various Austrian and Prussian prisons. He was released in 1797; however, Napoleon Bonaparte would not allow his return to France for several years. He continued to be active in French and European politics until his death in 1834. Source: Wikipedia

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TO
GENERAL
LA FAYETTE
AND HIS
COMPATRIOTS
???? - 1783

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0000500/00791_0000011560 (added ca. 2006)

BY THE
CONGRESS
IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE SERVICES
RENDERED BY
GENERAL LAFAYETTE
AND HIS COMPATRIOTS
DURING THE STRUGGLE
FOR THE
INDEPENDENCE
OF THE
UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA

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See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 464 Item #10.15; Pennsylvania Avenue area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p371 Item #J-11)
Medium: Bronze
Artist: Jean Alexander Joseph Falguiere, Marius Jean Antonin Mercie
Related subjects: Revolutionary War; Gilbert de Lafayette
Location: Pennsylvania Ave. & 16th St NW Washington, D.C.
See Pennsylvania Avenue areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
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Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000217 (dcMem ID #791 )

Links & other sources
The Names of Washington D.C.(p124)
Wikipedia article on Lafayette
President's Park (White House) website
Eponymous website
USHistory on the Marquis
NPS.gov List of Classified Structures on Lafayette statue

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LAFAYETTE, Marquis Gilbert de: Memorial (ca. 1891) in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C.
by Jean Alexander Joseph Falguiere, Marius Jean Antonin Mercie
located in James M. Goode's