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| Portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette (1830, Palace of Versailles) by Joseph D. Court. Lafayette, a French military leader, sympathized with the American independence movement and fought for the colonists. A friend of George Washington and a member of his staff, Lafayette’s contributions in the Virginia campaign led to the surrender of the British at Yorktown. | ||||||
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