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Lafayette, California

Contra Costa County · Population 25,391 · Card no. 10201

A wooded East Bay city over the hills from Berkeley, with a hillside memorial of crosses to war dead.

Lafayette Crosses, a volunteer memorial to Americans killed in Iraq, drew national attention.
The city is named for the Marquis de Lafayette.
The Lafayette Reservoir is a major recreation area.

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