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Pierre Charles L'Enfant

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Before the Capital - Pierre-Charles L'Enfant's Revolutionary War Service

 

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Open Road: Pierre L'Enfant's great design for Washington

 

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Almanac: The designer of Washington, D.C.

 

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SSW #3 day 3 Pierre L'Enfant - Changing a Community for All Times

 

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Statue of Pierre L'Enfant to be added to Capitol's statue collection representing DC

Pierre Charles L'Enfant, self-identified as Peter Charles L'Enfant while living in the United States, was a French-American military engineer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C. known today as the L'Enfant Plan (1791).