A crowd observes the Marshal of France, Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, breaking ground at the proposed site for a monument to the Marquis de Lafayette located on the east side of Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland. Mayor of Baltimore James H. Preston, second from left, and other officials look on. Joffre visited the city as…

Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre breaking ground for Lafayette monument

Description

A crowd observes the Marshal of France, Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, breaking ground at the proposed site for a monument to the Marquis de Lafayette located on the east side of Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland. Mayor of Baltimore James H. Preston, second from left, and other officials look on. Joffre visited the city as part of a French delegation touring the country after the United States entered World War I. The Lafayette Monument would eventually be installed in 1924 on the south side of Mount Vernon Place.

Creator

Meyers, C.M.

Date

1917-05-14

Language(s)

English

Collection Number

PP128

Dimensions

14 x 10.75 inches

Object ID

PP128.2

Extent

1 print

Resource ID

16968

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

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