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

President Monroe invited Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette, known to most as The Marquis de Lafayette, to return to ...

The Frenchman now presenting himself to George Washington in the Colonial capital of Philadelphia was the 19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette ... Alexander Hamilton, who like Lafayette had lost ...

Fayette County was organized on Jan. 18, 1838 with La Grange as the county seat. Both were named in honor of the French nobleman, the Marquis de Lafayette. On Thursday, April 17, noted Lafayette ...

Historic drawings (in honor of Marquis de Lafayette's 1825 U.S. tour) will include two pen-and-ink drawings and a bill of sale signed by Rembrandt Peale – a patriotic and artistic time capsule.

Inside, elegant parlors feature fireplace mantelpieces made of decadent marble, a gift from Monroe’s longtime friend, the Marquis de LaFayette, to thank first lady Elizabeth Kortright Monroe for ...

Bill Baron, Port Deposit historian, will present a history of Gen. Lafayette’s role in America’s Revolutionary War and his visit to Port Deposit on a farewell tour in 1825.

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