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Name: Lafayette Square - Presidents Park, Washington, Washington DC
Location Type: Other
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Coordinates: 38.889840, -77.040269
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President's Park, a.k.a. Lafayette Square, is said to be haunted by Philip Barton Key II, son of Francis Scott Key. As legend has it, in 1958 Philip Key had an affair with the wife of one of his friends, Daniel Sickles. In his rage, Sickles shot Key, who was unarmed, three times. Key died in the...