- Collection:
- Image Collection
- Title:
- Lafayette Square
- Creator:
- Katherine Hyde Greene
- Publisher:
- LeGrange, Ga. : Troup County Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1975
- Subject:
- Troup County (Ga.)
Photograph collections--Georgia--Troup County
LaGrange (Ga.)--Social life and customs - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Troup County, LaGrange, 33.03929, -85.03133
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Marquis de Lafayette was a French aristocrat who fought for the U.S. during the Revolutionary War. LaGrange is named after his estate near Paris, probably because of a trip near the area in 1824 where he remarked that the land reminded him of his home. LaGrange College and the Callaway Foundation commissioned a full-sized bronze statue of Lafayette similar to one in France. As part of the 1976 bicentennial celebration, the statue was given on permanent loan to the city for placement in the center of the downtown square.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17413.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/imagecoll/id/19849
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. This image may be used in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to its use. No permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, permission must be granted by the Troup County Archives.
- Holding Institution:
- Troup County Archives
- Rights:
-
