Its speed and agility suited it ideally to the task of carrying Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, back to America. He was charged with giving George Washington the nation-saving news that ...

The Frenchman now presenting himself to George Washington in the Colonial capital of Philadelphia was the 19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette, who was in America principally because he was enormously ...

The Revolutionary War hero also is enjoying a resurgence in Apple TV+'s "Franklin" series, about the political maneuverings ...

The Marquis de Lafayette was a French nobleman who came to the United States to help fight during the American Revolution. He ...

This week we step back in time 200 years to the Marquis ... a place in General George Washington’s inner circle. That’s why in 1825 it was a national celebration when Lafayette, the last ...

Cape Girardeau Heritage Museum opens a new exhibit on Lafayette’s 1825 Mississippi River journey, featuring rare artifacts and local history tied to the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit 200 years ago.

The Marquis de Lafayette ... It was a fitting spend given Lafayette’s stature in history. Abolitionist, friend to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, one-time clumsy dance partner of ...

The year was 1825 when a Frenchman named Marquis de Lafayette made his way to Hamburg ... during the revolution and was friends with George Washington. “He contributed to our struggle for ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — On Wednesday, April 9, the Cabildo State Museum hosted a celebration for the 200th anniversary of Marquis de Lafayette’s 1825 visit to New Orleans. One of the ways the ...

CAHAWBA, Ala. (WSFA) - 200 years ago on April 5, 1825, American Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette visited Alabama’s state capital. It was a part of a nationwide tour to celebrate 50 ...