President James Monroe invited Lafayette to come to the United States to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the American ...

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 ...

“The Marquis de Lafayette, in very real terms ... filled it with rifles and crossed the Atlantic to help colonies fight for liberty, earning George Washington’s trust and securing French ...

This week we step back in time 200 years to the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to New Orleans ... du Motier — joined the Americans’ cause, fighting alongside the colonists against the British ...

An actor will re-create the address the Marquis de Lafayette delivered to the citizens of New Orleans two centuries ago in ...

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

The Montgomery County Historical Society (MCHS) held a joint celebration and fundraiser with the Landmarks Foundation at the ...

Charles Wissinger of Virginia as General Marquis de Lafayette. (Contributed ... but also the estimated 5,000 African Americans who aided the fight for Independence. Some were soldiers, some ...

Savannah celebrated the bicentennial of the Marquis de Lafayette's 1825 visit with a historical marker dedication and reenactment. The event included descendants of Nathanael Greene, whom ...

Meet Marquis de Lafayette. Not the late historical figure, of course. Michael Halbert is one of several men bringing the Revolutionary War hero to life as part of a 24-state tour that retraces the ...

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 ...