Lafayette and Washington
Let's visit two sites associated with the father of our country.
At top we have the Morris-Jumel Mansion, the oldest house in Manhattan. The house was eleven years old when it served as General Washington's headquarters in September and October of 1776.
Below is "Lafayette and Washington" a replica of a statue Joseph Pulitzer commissioned from Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty. The original sculpture was unveiled at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. There it was widely derided (Washington is too short and stout, the pose is goofy). Paris got the original and a department store owner paid for a replica for New York. The city promptly located the statue up at 114th and Manhattan Ave where it would be seen by few.
Update: I can't believe I almost forgot: State Champion!
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