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L'Enfant and the Dream of Washington's Capital
The life of Maj. Pierre Charles L'Enfant, designer of Washington, his clash with George Washington, and the fate of his plan. From his birth in Paris to his death in 1825, the article traces his efforts for a grand capital, his disputes over the plan, and the later congressional revival and his memorial.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Clotho
Lachesis
Atropos
Bourne
Earth
Maj
Pierre Charles I'Enfant
Washington
Lafayette
United States of America
Charles Plegre
Paris
Savannah
Charleston
Society of the Ciincinnati
West Point
New York
Philadelphia
Congress
United States
L'Enfant
Thomas Johnson
Daniel Carroll
Maryland
David Stuart
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Columbia
Jefferson
Major L’enfant
Federal Territory
George Washington
L’enfant
Andrew Ellicott
Ellicott
Fort Washington
Potomac
Dudley Digges
Ore
Chellum Castle
Bladensburg
Nature
Congressional
Pennsylvania Avenue
Arlington
National Cemetery
Washington-Lee Mansion
Capitol
Lincoln Memorial
L'Enfant Memorial
Pierre Charles L'infant
Spindier