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- LAFAY_170405_01.JPG: Site of dwelling house
owned by
ex-President of the United States
James Madison
1828 to 1836
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Home of his widow
Mrs. Dolly Payne Madison
1837 to 1849
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Home of
Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, USN
and family
1851 to 1886
- LAFAY_170405_04.JPG: Federal
Judicial Center
the Dolly Madison House
restored 1968
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
- LAFAY_170405_14.JPG: Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
Fleeing the Executive Mansion
On August 24, 1814, President James Madison rode out to Bladensburg, Maryland, to observe the state of the American troops defending the nation's capital. U.S. General William Winder, now sure of the direction of the British approach, marched his troops to confront them at Bladensburg. Meanwhile at the White House, the First Lady ordered dinner for 3 pm, when she expected the president's return. But instead of the president, a messenger arrived who ordered everyone to flee. The British had easily won the Battle of Bladensburg and were on their way to claim their prize: Washington, DC.
Saving Washington's Portrait:
Before leaving, Dolley Madison ordered servants to save the large Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington. This iconic portrait is displayed today in the White House as one of America's most cherished paintings. Many of Gilbert Stuart's portraits of presidents and eminent Washingtonians can be viewed at the National Portrait Gallery.
"And now, dear sister, I must leave this house, or the retreating army will make me a prisoner in it ... When I shall again write you, or where I shall be tomorrow, I cannot tell!"
-- Dolley Madison to her sister.
In the summer of 1814 the United States had been at war with Great Britain for two years. Battlefronts had erupted from the Great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. On August 24, following their victory over the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg. Maryland. British troops marched on Washington with devastating results.
The Star-Spangled Banner National History Trail reveals sites of the War of 1812 in Washington. DC. Virginia. and Maryland. Visit ChesapeakeExplore,App.com or download the Chesapeake Explorer app.
- LAFAY_170929_01.JPG: Dedicated to those whose spirit and vision helped to preserve the historic architecture of Lafayette Square.
Grosvenor Chapman, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and Vice-Chairman of the Committee of 100 on the Federal City, in 1961 provided a sketch reproduced here that indicated a radically new vision for the development the Square
David Finley, Founding Director of the National Gallery of Art, Chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, and friend and advisor to Jacqueline Kennedy, successfully opposed several plans for the Square that would have swept away the historic architectural context.
Charles Glover, Jr., eminent banker, member of the Committee of 100, and childhood resident of the Square, shared with Grosvenor Chapman the concept of the sketch.
William Walton, correspondent and artist, and close friend and advisor to the Kennedys, presented the sketch to the President and First Lady, receiving their enthusiastic endorsement.
This sketch so impressed Jacqueline Kennedy that she became its chief advocate. The principles it evoked became the basis for the historic restoration of the Square.
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- Wikipedia Description: Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lafayette Square is a seven-acre (30,000 mē) 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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