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  2. Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 - Wikipedia

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    Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 is a historic cemetery in the Garden District neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.Founded in 1833 and still in use today, the cemetery takes its name from its location in what was once the City of Lafayette, a suburb of New Orleans that was annexed by the larger metropolis in 1852.

  3. Historic Cemeteries of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Open vaults on a tomb at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1. The caveau at the bottom of the tomb is visible. For above-ground tombs in New Orleans, when a burial is needed, the cemetery sexton opens the outer tablet marking the opening to the vault of the tomb. The vaults typically are walled-off behind the tablet with brick, which also must be removed.

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans ...

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    Lafayette Cemetery No. 1: Lafayette Cemetery No. 1. February 1, 1972 : 1400 Washington Ave. 87: Lafitte Avenue Project Buildings C-47, E-45 and No. 46 ...

  5. List of cemeteries in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans; Holt Cemetery, New Orleans; Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans; Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans; NRHP-listed; Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, New Orleans; NRHP-listed; Saint Louis Cemetery, New Orleans; NRHP-listed; Shrewsbury Cemetery (also known as Camp Parapet or First Zion Cemetery), New Orleans

  6. Lafayette Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Lafayette Cemetery was a cemetery in the Passyunk Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1828 and originally intended for 14,000 burials but over time fell into disrepair and became overcrowded with 47,000 burials.

  7. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve - Wikipedia

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    The Chalmette Battlefield and National Cemetery is located in Chalmette, Louisiana, six miles (10 km) southeast of New Orleans, on the site where the 1815 Battle of New Orleans took place. It is "an integral part of both the history of New Orleans and of the nation," according to National Park Service historians because the cemetery is one of ...

  8. St. John's Cathedral (Lafayette, Louisiana) - Wikipedia

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    The Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist or La Cathédrale St-Jean, originally called l'Église St-Jean du Vermilion, is the cathedral and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Louisiana. It was the first parish in Lafayette Parish—founded in 1821—and was designated cathedral upon the erection of the diocese in 1918 ...

  9. Lafayette Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The Lafayette Memorial is a public memorial located in Brooklyn's Prospect Park in New York City.The memorial, designed by sculptor Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon, was dedicated in 1917 and consists of a bas-relief of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette alongside a groom (speculated by some historians to be James Armistead Lafayette) and a horse.

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