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This week marks two hundred years since a 1825 tour of the United States by the Marquis de Lafayette ... ever invited to be a guest of the nation by order of Congress. President James Monroe asked ...
Alabama is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Marquis de Lafayette's visit to the state. Lafayette, a French military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, was widely celebrated ...
This week we step back in time 200 years to the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to New Orleans. On April 10, the Cabildo will open a new exhibit, called Bienvenue Lafayette, inside the building ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A special presentation took place at the Mobile City Council today as part of a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s tour of America 50 years ...
Lafayette College in Easton will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette's journey to America with an immersive performance by the French National Orchestra of Auvergne-Rhône ...
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 ...
Chris Anderson was leafing through various books in Allegheny College’s archival collection when he came across a long “lost” artifact. “I was planning an event and I was looking randomly through some ...
A new look at the Marquis de Lafayette’s celebrated tour of America will take center stage in Seneca Falls next month, ...
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 ...