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_200429_03.JPG: Freedman's Bank Building i
2. LAFAY_200429_14.JPG: Cutts–Madison House From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Cutts–Madison House (also known as the Dolley Madison House) is an American colonial-style historic home located at 1520 H Street NW in Washington, D.C.The house is best known for being the residence of former First Lady Dolley Madison, who lived there from November 1837 until her death in July 1849. The Cutts–Madison House is part of the Lafayette Square Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.
3. LAFAY_200429_20.JPG: COVID-19 Safety Although National Mall and Memorial Parks is [sic] not closed, we encourage all visitors, particularly the most vulnerable, including the elderly and people with underlying conditions, to make smart decisions and to follow CDC guidance to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. These measures include: * Practice social distancing; * Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds; * Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze; * Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth; * Most importantly, please stay home if you feel sick. [Note that it doesn't mention wearing a mask. That hadn't become a recommendation yet.]
4. LAFAY_200429_52.JPG: The Bernard Baruch Bench of Inspiration dedicated in honor of Mr. Baruch's 90th birthday -- August 19, 1960 for his inspiring devotion to country and distinguished service to boyhood By Both The National Capital Area Council and the Boy Scouts of America The Boy Scout Motto -- Mr. Baruch's Philosophy "BE PREPARED"
5. LAFAY_200604_01.JPG: The bathroom at Lafayette Park was torched during the riots.
6. LAFAY_200613_003.JPG: This was before the riot fencing came back.
7. LAFAY_200613_016.JPG: The burned out bathroom at the park.
8. LAFAY_200613_021.JPG: Park personnel cleaning up graffiti and doing maintenance on the park's statues.
9. LAFAY_200613_246.JPG: They apply a layer of wax to the sculpture to protect it. The guy said the wax does well except at the top of the figure, in part because of bird poop.
10. LAFAY_200613_305.JPG: The Cosmos Club, founded in 1878 for "The advancement of its members in science, literature, and art," occupied several houses on Lafayette Square from 1882 to 1952 including the adjacent Madison and Tayloe Houses and this building, which replaced houses at 23 and 25 Madison Place. The club continues to play an important role in Washington's intellectual life at its present location at 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
11. LAFAY_200624_10.JPG: Defund Police Invest in Communities
12. LAFAY_200802_04.JPG: The "PNC Bank" sign is gone
13. LAFAY_200802_47.JPG: A tree was removed here.
14. LAFAY_200802_49.JPG: Another tree was removed.
15. LAFAY_200802_59.JPG: Another removed tree.
16. LAFAY_200802_65.JPG: Another tree removed.
17. LAFAY_200802_76.JPG: On this site stood the principal office of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company founded on March 3, 1865 to receive deposits from former slaves. Frederick Douglass served as its last president. The bank was closed on June 29, 1874. The building was sold in 1882, and razed a few years later.
18. LAFAY_200817_11.JPG: "And freedom shrieked as Kosciuszko fell." Erected by the Polish National Alliance of America and presented to the United States on behalf of the Polish American Citizens May 11, 1910
19. LAFAY_200912_06.JPG: If you still trust Trump, let us know! 1-800-IMA-FOOL
20. LAFAY_200918_05.JPG: Abolish Nuclear Weapons NOW! ... It seems that I can hear God say to America. "You are too arrogant! If you do not change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power..." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hydroxycholoquine works Open schools No vaccine No masks
21. LAFAY_200918_15.JPG: Abolish Nuclear Weapons NOW! ... It seems that I can hear God say to America. "You are too arrogant! If you do not change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power..." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hydroxycholoquine works Open schools No vaccine No masks US Troops are the Cause of War and the Root of all Evils! Withdraw US Troops from South Corea [sic] immediately! PDP Peace Expedition to USA Love your neighbor means -- End poverty & Economic Inequality Resist Racism - End Racial Violence Abolish War - Nuclear Weapons - Killer Drones _ ALL Guns Honor the Earth - End the Climate Crisis Welcome the Immigrant - Don't Detain Tear Gas and Deport Them Close Guantanamo
22. LAFAY_201108_14.JPG: The middle defense fence line always bothered me. What were they expecting to see?
23. LAFAY_201108_46.JPG: Work on the inaugural stands continues.
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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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