"Lafayette Square, New Orleans, La."

ID: 5160 ~ Source: Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016815363/>. ~ Creator: Detroit Publishing Co. ~ Date: Between 1905 and 1915.

This file appears in: Lafayette Square

This file appears in: Lafayette Square

Lafayette Square

By Emily Galik, Vicky Leung & Kathryn O'Dwyer, editor

Planned in 1788, Lafayette Square is named after Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de LaFayette: a French aristocrat and general who fought on the American side of the American Revolution.