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Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (/ ˌ l ɑː f iː ˈ ɛ t, ˌ l æ f-/, French:), was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, in the American Revolutionary War.
Lafayette visited all of the American states and traveled more than 6,000 miles (9,656 km), [6] [7] accompanied by his son Georges Washington de La Fayette, named after George Washington, and others. [4] He was also accompanied for part of the trip by social reformer Frances Wright. [8]
Clay Higgins. Glen Clay Higgins (born August 24, 1961) is an American politician and reserve law enforcement officer from the state of Louisiana. A Republican, Higgins is the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. The district, which contains much of the territory once represented by former governor Edwin Edwards and ...
Last month's announcement that Capital One Financial will acquire Discover Financial for $35.3 billion was major news in the banking industry because it represents the biggest-ever deal in the ...
Retrieved March 5, 2017. Selected by Washington to prepare a ground plan for the new city, L'Enfant arrived in Georgetown on March 9, 1791, and submitted his report and plan to the president about August 26, 1791. It is believed that this plan is the one that is preserved in the Library of Congress.
The Louisiana House of Representatives (French: Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane; Spanish: Cámara de Representantes de Luisiana) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 representatives, each of whom represents approximately 42,500 people ...
Capital One Financial Corporation is an American bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings accounts, headquartered in Tysons, Virginia with operations primarily in the United States. [2] It is the 12th largest bank in the United States by total assets as of 2022, the third largest issuer of Visa and ...
The Congress of the Confederation, or the Confederation Congress, formally referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled, was the governing body of the United States from March 1, 1781, until March 3, 1789, during the Confederation period. A unicameral body with legislative and executive function, it was composed of delegates appointed ...