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Our Coast :: Savannah City Guide :: Visiting
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July 4, 2008
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Lafayette Square honors the Marquis de Lafayette, whose full name was Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert de Motier. Aide to George Washington in the War for American Independence, the Marquis visited Savannah in 1825 and spoke to cheering Savannahians. Lafayette Square dates from 1837. The fountain was given by the Savannah Town Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia. Colonial Dames headquarters, overlooking Lafayette Square, is the Andrew Low House Museum.
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