BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Lafayette Square (by White House) area

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. LAFAY_080808_01.JPG: Built by Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, 1830 occupants Benjamin Ogle Tayloe Garret A. Hobart James D. Cameron Marcus A. Hanna Social centre during Tayloe period "Little White House" President McKinley frequently visited Mr. Hanna
2. LAFAY_080808_09.JPG: Tayloe house
3. LAFAY_080808_17.JPG: Site of dwelling house owned by ex-President of the United States James Madison 1828 to 1836 -- Home of his widow Mrs. Dolly Payne Madison 1837 to 1849 -- Home of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, USN and family 1851 to 1886
4. LAFAY_080808_19.JPG: Federal Judicial Center the Dolly Madison House restored 1968 Lyndon B. Johnson, President
5. LAFAY_080808_24.JPG: Eduard L.A. Pausch (after Augustus Saint-Gaudens) Agnus Memorial (after the Adams Memorial) ca. 1906 - 1907, Transfer to the United States General Services Administration, 1987, from the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Mrs. Felix Agnus Leser.
6. LAFAY_080808_28.JPG: The Black Agnus statue from the Druid Ridge Cemetery
7. LAFAY_080812_021.JPG: Notice the guy on the White House roof
8. LAFAY_080812_024.JPG: 712 Jackson Place. President's Commission on White House Fellowships. Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
9. LAFAY_080812_029.JPG: The building on the end is 700 Jackson Place. Plaque: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 700 Jackson Place has been designed a National Historic Landmark. This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America, National Park Service, 1974. From 1910 to 1948, it served as the first headquarters of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. It was endowed by Andrew Carnegie to "hasten the abolition of international war." The townhouse was built in 1860 for Dr. Peter Parker, founder of medical missions in China who occupied the building 1861-1888. He was the US minister to China, 1855-57. The Bureau of Pan American Republics, which was the forerunner of the Pan American Union, was housed here 1888-1908. General Services Administration 1976
10. LAFAY_080812_055.JPG: Blair House. The Blair House erected 1824. 1836 home of Francis Preston Blair, editor of Globe. Also of Montgomery Blair, attorney for Dred Scott, postmaster general in the cabinet of Abraham Lincoln. Occupied by George Bancroft, historian. General Robert E Lee was here offered command of the Union Army in the field at the instance of Abraham Lincoln. National Historic Marker. The Blair House Purchased in 1836 by Francis P. Blair, Sr., friend of Andrew Jackson, publisher of the Washington "Globe" and the "Congressional Globe." Inherited by his son Montgomery Blair, attorney for Dred Scott, postmaster general under Lincoln, and originator of the International Postal Union. Who, with his brother, General Francis P. Blair, Jr., defended Lincoln's plan for a reconstruction of he Union. Here, at Lincoln's instance, Robert E. Lee was offered command of the Union Army in the field. This plaque marks the home of Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876), founder and editor of The Globe (1830-1945), a newspaper which championed democratic causes and vigorous journalism notably during the administration of President Andrew Jackson in whose "kitchen cabinet" Blair loyally served. Marked by the Sigma Delta Chi Professional Journalistic Society, 1989. In honor of Leslie Coffelt, White House policeman, who gave his life in defense of the President of the United States here at Blair House, November 1, 1950. "For loyalty, bravery and heroism beyond the call of duty." Presented by National Sojourners in commemoration of his sacrifice. Dedicated May 21, 1952, by President Harry S. Truman.
11. LAFAY_080812_088.JPG: The Lee House Erected 1858 Home of Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee, US Navy and Elizabeth Blair Lee, to whom it was given by her father, Francis Preston Blair. Admiral Lee commanded the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil War. Home also of their son Blair Lee and Anne Clymer Brooke Lee. He served as United States Senator from Maryland and was the first Senator to be elected by direct vote of the people. The Blair and Lee houses were combined in 1943 to become the President's guest house. Erected by the Society of the Lees of Virginia 1981 First home of the Reserve Officers Association From 1924 to 1938, rooms of the Lee House were the first headquarters of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States. Founded in 1922 by General of the Armies, John J. Pershing to assure an adequate national security, ROA had as an early member Major Harry S. Truman, USAD. President Truman lived in these quarters during much of his administration and in 1950 signed the law granting ROA its Congressional charter. Dedicated during the Truman Centennial year, May 1984.
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Wikipedia Description: Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lafayette Square is a seven-acre (30,000 m�) public park located within President's Park, Washington, D.C. directly north of the White House on H Street, bounded by Jackson Place on the west, Madison Place on the east, and Pennsylvania Avenue. The square and the surrounding structures were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1970.

History

Planned as part of the pleasure grounds surrounding the Executive Mansion, this square was originally called "President's Park", which is now the name of the larger National Park Service unit. The park was separated from the White House grounds in 1804, when President Thomas Jefferson had Pennsylvania Avenue cut through. In 1824, the park was officially renamed in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, the Frenchman who fought in the American Revolutionary War.

Lafayette Square has been used as a racetrack, a graveyard, a zoo, a slave market, an encampment for soldiers during the War of 1812, and many political protests and celebrations. Andrew Jackson Downing landscaped Lafayette Square in 1851 in the picturesque style.

Today's plan, with its five large statues, dates from the 1930s. In the center stands Clark Mills' equestrian statue of President Andrew Jackson, erected in 1853. In the four corners are statues of foreign Revolutionary War heroes: Major General Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette and Major General Comte Jean de Rochambeau of France, Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko of Poland, and Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben of Prussia.

Thomas and Concepcion Picciotto are founders of the White House Peace Vigil, the longest running anti-nuclear peace vigil in US history, at Lafayette Square.
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