President James Monroe invited Lafayette to come to the United States to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the American Revolution. He was the last surviving general of that war, and his tour was so ...

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 celebrations were held to mark the return of a popular French nobleman to the U.S. Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de la Lafayette (1757-1834) had fought alongside ...

The year was 1825 when a Frenchman named Marquis de Lafayette made his way to Hamburg, S.C. Lafayette arrived once again to the same place to show his appreciation he had for America like he did ...

Marquis de Lafayette was a French nobleman and military officer who served in the Continental Army led by General George Washington, and Tuesday marked the bicentennial of him staying the night in ...

What happened: Township supervisors approved the erection of a historical marker to commemorate the 200th anniversary of a visit to Paradise by the Marquis de Lafayette, a French aristocrat and ...

A traveling tribute to the Marquis de Lafayette is commemorating on Sunday, March 23 the Revolutionary War hero's visit to Augusta 200 years ago. Historical re-enactors from the Georgia Committee of ...

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, known simply as “Lafayette” in the U.S., is pictured. WESTFIELD – The Chautauqua County Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, April 12, ...

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier Marquis de Lafayette, stepped foot in Little Rhody during his farewell tour of the U.S. from 1824-1825. A historical marker made exclusively for ...

The cannon’s roar and the shots from the 13-musket salute marked the arrival of the Marquis de Lafayette, a figure whose impact is felt not just in the United States, but in France and in the ...

BEAUFORT, S.C. (WTOC) - Over 200 students and people from around the Beaufort area gathered to recognize the 200th anniversary of Marquis De Lafayette coming to the Lowcountry. “Today, we are ...

In November 1784, more than a year after the Treaty of Paris brought the Revolutionary War to a close, Marquis de Lafayette, a general who helped lead American forces to victory, wrote a note of ...