Smyk had just entered his 50th year as Passaic County historian when he died Thursday at St. Joseph’s University Medical ...

But competition from Delaware Park and New Jersey’s Garden State was already drawing customers away ... the American Revolution, when the Marquis de Lafayette decided that the setting, at ...

The Marquis de Lafayette was 18. Aaron Burr ... Progression of a man through the ages of 50 to 100. Drawing, c. 1794. Source: Wellcome Collection. In the early part of the 18th century, aging was ...

To the editor: I wanted to address Sally White’s Jan. 30 letter to the editor "Pittsfield should embrace its history with Marquis de Lafayette." The Berkshire County Historical Society and the ...

General Marquis de Lafayette was invited by President James Monroe to tour the U.S. because he felt his presence would help revive American patriotism in the 1800s. Lafayette was the last ...

John Ward Dunsmore's 1907 depiction of Lafayette, right, and Washington at Valley Forge. Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) was a French general who was instrumental in securing American ...

In theology, being condemned to perdition may sound a lot like going to hell, but it’s much worse than spending eternity amid fire and brimstone. Those who believe in the survival of the soul ...

To the editor: The Marquis de Lafayette made a grand tour of the United States in 1824 and 1825 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. His travels took him to every ...

Two centuries after his death, the descendants of the notorious Marquis de Sade have finally embraced their once-reviled relative. The French aristocrat scandalised his contemporaries with his ...

In 1825 Canandaigua, the “Nation’s Guest” — Marquis de Lafayette, a French military officer and nobleman who helped in the fight for American independence a half century before — was ...

Harrisburg founder John Harris, Jr., was no fan of the French after the French and Indian War, but last Saturday night, he ...