Lafayette square is formally part of the Presidential fleet, but is perceived as a separate entity. The territory is almost three acres with trees, fountains and monuments, surrounded by historic buildings, recognized as a national treasure.

Best from here is visible the White house, and the morning in the background is photographed by tourists. Also this place is often used for demonstrations and protests.

Once there was a platform for the construction materials used to built the White house. Then there was a race track, a slave market, a military camp, a zoo and even a cemetery. In 1851 Andrew Jackson Downing, the father of American landscape design, landscaped area. Her final appearance was formed in the twentieth century: the equestrian statue in the center of the square and the four statues in the corners.

The name of the square was given in honor of Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette, one of the key figures of three revolutions – the American, the French and July. It was called the hero of two worlds. In this stormy life were love, battles on American soil, the most powerful man in France, persecution, prison and a triumphal trip to the United States in 1824. Then the area was named after him. Think it was logical to put in the center the statue of Lafayette. However, in the center of the square stands the monument to President Andrew Jackson.

Before his presidency Jackson won the battle of New Orleans – the decisive battle in the Anglo-American war 1812-1815. The bronze monument is the first equestrian statue in the U.S. dramatic: the horse reared, and Jackson, whose thin face familiar to many twenty dollar bill, waving his hat to his troops. The monument was designed by Clark mills sculpted a horse your own horse – he trained the animal to stand on its hind legs to capture the pose. The bronze monument to partially send the captured guns of the English.

The statue of Lafayette stands in the Southeast corner of the square. French sculptors Jean-Alexander Folger and Marius Mersey portrayed Marquis calling on the French to help the Americans. Semi-Nude female figure at the base of the pedestal, showing the Lafayette sword, is America itself.

The remaining angles Lafayette square is also occupied by monuments to the heroes of the wars for independence. From the North-West side there is the statue of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben – General of Prussian origin. Spectacular sculptural group of "Military training" at the foot of the pedestal sculptor albert Jaeger reminded about the important role of von Steuben who taught the American army. Northeast corner marked with a picturesque monument to the pole, Brigadier General Tadeusz Kosciuszko Polish sculptor Anton Popel.

On the South-Western corner there is a statue of French General Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau sculptor Fernand Hamar. On the pedestal is engraved with the words of George Washington – they turned to Rochambeau, but could be said to all foreign assistants of the young Republic: "We belonged to the same era, contributed to the cause of liberty and lived together as brothers should live in harmonious friendship".