Gallaudet University

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Date	1856 - present
Areas Of Involvement	deafness
Related People	Edward Miner Gallaudet

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Chapel Hall, Gallaudet University

sculpture of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Alice Cogswell

Washington, D.C.: metropolitan area

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