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

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Description of Pictures: Things keep changing here. On May 10, they opened the northern gates to Lafayette Square that morning so people could finally get back. Gates had blocked access to the park since around September as the former child president's actions continued to inflame BLM protesters and concerns about violence rose as he continued his efforts to steal the election (while claiming the pro-democracy majority of the country was instead doing it -- just as the Trump coup attempt was claimed instead to be an antifa action -- and some people actually believe him!). The riot fencing is still there and the Secret Service can close the area again as needed.

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1. LAFAY_210220_08.JPG: They opened a small portion of Lafayette Park.
2. LAFAY_210303_06.JPG: They had reopened a small chunk of Lafayette Park.
3. LAFAY_210303_15.JPG: The homeless guy moved his tent into the newly reopened area.
4. LAFAY_210313_05.JPG: Taken by the Nokia 5.3
5. LAFAY_210510_002.JPG: hey opened the northern gates to Lafayette Square that morning so people could finally get back. Gates had blocked access to the park since around September as the former child president's actions continued to inflame BLM protesters and concerns about violence rose as he continued his efforts to steal the election (while claiming the pro-democracy majority of the country was instead doing it -- just as the Trump coup attempt was claimed instead to be an antifa action -- and some people actually believe him!). The riot fencing is still there and the Secret Service can close the area again as needed.
6. LAFAY_210510_124.JPG: Erected by the Congress of the United States to Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand Baron Von Steuben in grateful recognition of his services to the American people in their struggle for liberty. Born in Prussia September 17 1730 Died in New York November 28, 1794 After serving as aide-de camp to Frederick the Great of Prussia, he offered his sword to the American colonies and was appointed major general in the Continental Army he gave military training and discipline to the citizen soldiers who achieved the independence of the United States. MCMX
7. LAFAY_210514_12.JPG: There was an (Asian) Indian protest going on. These were reenacting the wounding scene at the Tadeusz Kościuszko memorial. While the general served as a high-ranking engineer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, the wounding scene depicted in the statue is apparently of an injury he suffered in 1794 while fighting in Poland against a Prussian-Russian force. Captured by the Russians and later released, he died in 1817.
8. LAFAY_210523_10.JPG: Stop Hating Each Other Because you disagree... TruthConductor.tv [ Don Folden had a cooler with ice chilled water bottles that he was selling to people. He also collected money from people enjoying his fairly loud boombox. ]
9. LAFAY_210523_28.JPG: A largely maskless school group
10. LAFAY_210618_01.JPG: Canines Working to Keep You Safe. Please do not attempt to touch or pet these animals while they are working.
11. LAFAY_210618_57.JPG: Stop Hating Each Other Because you disagree... TruthConductor.tv Water is free for families and individuals. No groups. Enjoy music and good vibes. Any donations appreciated. [ Don Folden ]
12. LAFAY_210705_32.JPG: A discarded mask that I picked up for the Smithsonian.
13. LAFAY_210705_41.JPG: Don Folden of TruthConductor.tv He previously told me he would never be vaccinated against COVID but said he'd always wear a mask to protect himself. I guess he's feeling safe again.
14. LAFAY_210705_45.JPG: The street would start being ripped up again fairly soon.
15. LAFAY_210705_55.JPG: The crazy anti-vax person. Shirt says "Starvin' for Justice '18" which is an anti-death penalty campaign.
16. LAFAY_210705_60.JPG: 9/11 An inside job to lead to war and Guantanamo
17. LAFAY_210705_66.JPG: Tax Strike 'Til They Listen
18. LAFAY_210730_17.JPG: Demonstration Lafayette Park has long served as a place for political and social demonstrations. People continue to exercise their right of free speech here, using Lafayette Park as a stage and the White House as their audience. Demonstrations often take the form of nighttime vigils, marches, picketing, and other peaceful means of public awareness. One of the most historically significant demonstrations occurred during the fight for women's suffrage. On January 10, 1917, a group of suffragists left the National Woman's Party headquarters, located at Cameron House on the eastern side of the square, to promote their cause. The suffragists became the first people to picket the White House. Many suffragists were fined and imprisoned for their actions. Women finally gained the right to vote with the ratification and certification of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 26, 1920. Ever since, people have gathered in Lafayette Park to demonstrate and raise awareness for their cause.
19. LAFAY_210730_25.JPG: Commemoration and Preservation In 1961, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy created the White House Fine Arts Committee and the White House Historical Association to restore the White House and preserve its collection of historic furniture, decorative arts, and objects. The following year, she intervened after learning that the historic homes of Lafayette Square were scheduled for demolition. She worked with architect John Carl Warnecke to design a square that preserved the 19th-century buildings and historical character of the park, while also making room for modern office buildings. In 1970, Lafayette Square Historic District was placed in the National Register of Historic Places. Lafayette Square still features historic buildings such as St. John's Church, Decatur House, the Cutts-Madison House, and Blair House, as well as five commemorative statues. At the center of the park stands a statue depicting President Andrew Jackson on horseback, which was designed by Clark Mills and dedicated in 1853. Four additional statues were installed between 1891 and 1910 at each of the square's four corners, honoring important international figures who fought in the American Revolution-- General Marquis, Gilbert de Lafayette, Major General Comte Jean de Rochambeau, General Tadeusz Kosciuszko, and Major General Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. The park was also named in honor of Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolution, after his visit to the United States in 1824-1825.
20. LAFAY_210730_32.JPG: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy views a model of Lafayette Square with architect with Carl Warnecke, 1962
21. LAFAY_210730_35.JPG: "Depiction of 1902 Lafayette Square and White House" by Peter Waddell, 2010
22. LAFAY_210730_51.JPG: Construction of the White House On July 16, 1790, Congress passed the Residence Act, establishing a permanent capital for the United States along the Potomac River. President George Washington worked with French engineer Peter (Pierre) Charles L'Enfant to select the sites for federal buildings, including the White House and the United States Capitol. In 1792, an encampment was built on this land for American, English, Scottish, and Irish wage laborers and craftsmen, along with barracks for enslaved African Americans who were hired out by their owners. These workers -- free and enslaved, skilled and unskilled -- labored alongside each other for the next eight years to build the White House. During that time, hundreds of enslaved people were involved in nearly every aspect of construction including quarrying and transporting stone, cutting timber, producing bricks, and building the walls and roof. Throughout each phase of construction, enslaved and free African Americans worked as axe men, stone cutters, carpenters, brick makers, sawyers, and laborers. The use of enslaved labor to build the home of the President of the United States -- often seen as a symbol of democracy -- illuminates our country's conflicted relationship with the institution of slavery and the ideals of freedom and equality promised in America's founding documents.
23. LAFAY_210730_54.JPG: "A Vision Takes Form: The White House Under Construction, 1796" by Peter Waddell, 2007
24. LAFAY_210906_01.JPG: 62 years of repression We want freedom [Cuba]
25. LAFAY_210906_07.JPG: Stop Hating Each Other because you disagree... Truth Conductor
26. LAFAY_211224_04.JPG: Stop Hating Each Other Because you disagree... Truth conductor
27. LAFAY_211224_08.JPG: Don Folden of DCBlackTours.com Stop Hating Each Other Because you disagree... Truth conductor
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Wikipedia Description: Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.
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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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