Fans of Marquis de Lafayette, a Frenchman instrumental in winning the Revolutionary War, gathered Saturday, April 25, 2025, to celebrate the 200-year anniversary of his visit to St. Louis.

The Marquis de Lafayette who first arrived on U.S. soil ... “Lafayette is just an image. He’s the portrait of the terrible inconsequence of the French elite of that period,” Chatel de ...

When the Marquis de Lafayette came to America for the last time in 1824, he was met by 80,000 people. “He really was America’s first rock star,” says Chuck Schwam, executive director of the ...

On July 27-29, 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette passed through Lancaster County on his 13-month journey. The Bicentennial Planning Committee of Lancaster County and Western Chester County has ...

The Marquis de Lafayette, or at least a highly regarded facsimile of him, will address French Quarter Festival early birds in Jackson Square on Saturday, April 12, the culmination of a long ...