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How Marquis de Lafayette shaped Tallahassee
The 36‐square‐mile land grant to Lafayette after the American Revolution still shapes Tallahassee’s growth and identity.
In 1824, U.S. Congress gave the Marquis de Lafayette a 36-square-mile plot of land in gratitude for his service during the Revolutionary War.
That land grant, which he never personally visited, shaped Tallahassee, and to this day remains a touchstone to an American hero from France in Florida's capital city.
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