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Photographer: Richard E. Miller
Taken: August 30, 2008
Caption: The grave of Pierre Charles L'Enfant
Additional Description: It is on the lawn a few feet east of the marker. Carved within a circle on the stone tablet atop the monument is a portion of L’Enfant’s map of the city of Washington followed by these words: “Pierre Charles L’Enfant, Engineer, Artist, Soldier. Under the direction of George Washington designed the plan for the federal city. Major, U.S. Engineering Corps, 1782; charter member of the Society of The Cincinnati; designed its certificate & insignia. Born in Paris, France, August 2, 1735; died June 14, 125 while residing at Chilham Castle Manor, Prince George’s County, Maryland, and was interred there. Re-interred at Arlington, April 28, 1909.”
Submitted: September 1, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p33875
File Size: 0.806 Megabytes

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