Lafeyette comes to North Augusta to celebrate Bicentennial Farewell Tour
As as way to celebrate the Bicentennial of Marquis de Lafayette Farewell across the United States in 1825, the Martintown ...
Lafayette celebrated in Aiken, 200 years later
General Lafayette made a triumphal journey across the 24 states of the United States, and the American Friends of Lafayette ...
Alabama Public Radio1d
Alabama's connection to the Marquis de Lafayette
This week marks two hundred years since a 1825 tour of the United States by the Marquis de Lafayette. The French general served under George Washington during the Revolutionary War. LaFayette later ...
Cardinal News15d
The ‘other’ Lafayette: An enslaved man who spied for the French general, adopted his surname but then was denied his promised freedom
The Marquis de Lafayette eventually helped secure his freedom. A statue to James Armistead Lafayette will be dedicated this ...
Savannah Morning News11d
Welcome Lafayette!: Savannah celebrates bicentennial of Revolutionary War hero's tour
Mayor Van Johnson said he was honored to welcome General Lafayette back to the city ... crowd that cheered the Marquis as a friend of the young nation. During his 1825 stay in Savannah, he ...