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    40.60833; -74.03861 Fort Lafayette was an island coastal fortification in the Narrows of New York Harbor, built offshore from Fort Hamilton at the southern...
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    Fort Lafayette, later renamed Fort Fayette, (1792–1814) was an American fort in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It was constructed in June 1792...
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    designed primarily as a landward defense for Fort Lafayette, although it had a sea-facing front as well. Fort Lafayette was offshore on Hendricks Reef, and was...
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  • Look up Lafayette, lafayette, or LaFayette in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to: Lafayette (name), a list of people...
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    government established Fort Ouiatenon across the Wabash River and three miles (4.8 km) south of present-day Lafayette. The fort became the center of trade...
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    Lafayette Square, to Fort Dupont Park and elsewhere. In 1989, Drug Enforcement Administration agents arranged a crack cocaine purchase in Lafayette Park...
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    Lafayette County, Arkansas Lafayette County, Florida Lafayette County, Mississippi Lafayette County, Missouri Lafayette County, Wisconsin Lafayette Parish...
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    volunteer pilots flying fighters. It was named in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolutionary War. In September 1917, the...
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    shore of the Narrows, directly across from Fort Hamilton and the now-destroyed Fort Lafayette in Brooklyn, the fort was intended to protect New York from attack...
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    March 1825, arriving at the Fort Mitchell, Alabama crossing of the Chattahoochee River on March 31. July 13 – Lafayette leaves France on the Cadmus August...
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    Lafayette Green Pool (July 23, 1919 – May 30, 1991) was an American tank-crew and tank-platoon commander in World War II and is widely recognized as the...
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    1779 – 29 November 1849) was the son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne...
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    Lafayette (/ˌlæfiːˈɛt, ˌlɑːf-/, French: [lafajɛt]) is the most populous city in and parish seat of Lafayette Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located...
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    the Northern press as a "Southern terrorist." He was transported to Fort Lafayette to a military hearing chaired by General Fitz Henry Warren, while being...
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    the military prison at Fort Hamilton. There Stone was allowed to exercise and his condition improved. He stayed at Fort Lafayette for fifty days, and would...
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    southeast of Lafayette, in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is owned and operated by the City Parish of Lafayette. The Lafayette Regional airport...
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    garrisoned Fort Detroit. Later, during the Northwest Indian War, General Anthony Wayne built a fort adjacent to the site as Fort Lafayette, elided to Fort Fayette...
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    Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette (/ˌlɑːfiːˈɛt, ˌlæf-/, French: [lafajɛt]), was a French nobleman and military...
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  • artillery." Pneumatic weapon Dale Fort Air gun Spud gun FN 303 Holman Projector Steam cannon Fort Lafayette at FortWiki.com Roosevelt, Theodore (1990)...
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    2006–07, Lafayette averaged 14.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. He also majored in sociology. Lafayette played with the Fort Wayne Mad...
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    of the main span). An 1832 view of The Narrows by Karl Bodmer with Fort Lafayette visible off the Brooklyn shore The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, shown...
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  • Bibb Fort Bowyer Fort Carney Fort Claiborne Fort Condé, open to the public Fort Crawford Fort Dale Fort Decatur Fort Easley Fort Gaines Fort Glass Fort Hampton...
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    The Galeries Lafayette (French pronunciation: [ɡalʁi lafajɛt]) is an upmarket French department store chain, the biggest in Europe. Its flagship store...
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    West Lafayette (/ˌlɑːfiːˈɛt, ˌlæf-/) is a city in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, approximately 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the state capital...
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  • America. He was then transferred first to Fort Lafayette in Lower New York Bay off the coast of Brooklyn, then Fort Warren in Boston. He wrote a book on his...
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    sympathetic with the Confederacy. During the interval, he wrote a novel, Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession (1862). Wood was able to re-open the paper 18...
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  • enabling Purdue's effort to unify the online offerings by Purdue West Lafayette, Purdue Fort Wayne, Purdue Northwest, and Purdue Global. The initiative was approved...
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    as Fort Henry on 18 May 1862 for use in the western flotilla. She was converted to an ironclad ram at St. Louis by Edward Hartt. Renamed Lafayette on...
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    and the city from possible Confederate attack, but none occurred. Fort Lafayette, Fort Schuyler, and several others eventually were used to hold hundreds...
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  • Drum Fort Gansevoort Fort Gibson Fort Greene Fort Hamilton Camp Hero Fort Jay Fort Lafayette Fort Lévis Madison Barracks, begun as Fort Pike Fort Michie...
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