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Hero of Two Worlds: The
Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
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Cultural depictions of
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the
Citizen
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304:IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM
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429:Lorado Taft
326:ERECTED BY
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290:TIPPECANOE
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220:UNIVERSITY
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169:DIED 1834
161:WASHINGTON
143:MARIE JEAN
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866:Honors and
820:Brandywine
578:(daughter)
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436:Sculptures
332:LAFAYETTE
316:BORN 1802
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192:COMPLETED
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