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- . the Smithsonian Institution, and
Cornell University. A focal point of the exhibit is
Houdon's 1790 bronze sculpture of General Lafayette.
One of the most priceless pieces is the Franco-American
Treaty signed in Paris on February 6, 1778. The exhibit
ommemorates
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deadly political differences.
During the Franco-Prussian War, the
Louvre custodians worried that the PrusĀ
sians might loot the museum and steal
their Venus. (They may have had good
r ason for concern. King Ludwig II or
Bavaria-"Mad
Ludwig" the builder