Two hundred years to the day, Major General Marquis de Lafayette was again honored by admirers when Mount Vernon Estate held a re-enactment of his Oct. 17, 1824, return to George Washington’s home.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – On this date, exactly 200 years ago, General Marquis de Lafayette visited Portsmouth, Virginia. It was part of his triumphal Farewell Tour of America. Marquis de ...

Fredericksburg Lafayette Bicentennial Commemoration Weekend will honor the 200th anniversary of the historic visit of Gen.

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette — also known as the Marquis de ... Happiness.” Lafayette responded simply: “The City of Williamsburg — May her happiness equal ...

But substitute his better-known aristocratic title — the Marquis de Lafayette — and many will know of whom you speak, even if they might not know the intricacies of his long, complex and ...

The Marquis de Lafayette, who championed freedom and liberty across the globe. Mrs. Charles Bessonett, who nursed a young ...

PETERSBURG – He's ba-a-a-a-ack! Or at least his spirit was. Two hundred years after the Marquis de Lafayette’s “farewell tour” of America brought him through Petersburg, Lafayette returned ...

This year’s Yorktown Day celebration also coincides with the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s return to America in 1824 as the “Guest of the Nation,” in which he visited all ...

The Lafayette Trail has unveiled over 165 historical markers commemorating the 1824 tour in 25 states. Icher thanked the county and Wayne Corry, current owner of Currin’s Tavern, for supporting the ...

A weapon that was used during the Siege of Yorktown will soon be unveiled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Museum of the American Revolution will welcome the sword that was gifted by Major ...

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