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2 unusual facts about Lafayette Park


Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence

Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence, 468 U.S. 288 (1984), is a United States Supreme Court case that challenged the National Park Service's regulation which specifically prohibited sleeping in Lafayette Park and the National Mall.

David Demarest

Demarest was instrumental in directing the Willie Horton message during the 1988 presidential campaign and in setting up the crack buy in Lafayette Park that kicking off President Bush's war on drugs.


Carl Daenzer

In 1870, a Carl Daenzer, perhaps the same person, released 20 Eurasian Tree Sparrows from Germany into Lafayette Park in St. Louis.

Malek Jandali

In July 2011 Jandali performed Watani Ana at a protest in Lafayette Park.


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