Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the last living major general from the American Revolutionary War, accepted an ...

The Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, will continue his tour today and tomorrow as part of the 200th anniversary of ...

Calls of “Vive Lafayette” rang out around Whitesboro’s village green as the village welcomed the Marquis de Lafayette in ...

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving major general of the American Revolution, rode through the ...

The French nobleman Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, won scores of American admirers for serving alongside the patriots in the American Revolutionary War. That admiration took many forms ...

Casually work the name Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier into a conversation, and you’re likely to get blank stares from all but the most intense history buffs. But substitute his ...

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 ...

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, ...

Cyril Lagvanec, Ph.D., will talk about the legendary Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette at 7 p.m. April 8 at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., ...

In 1777, a passionate young French aristocrat named Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, known as Marquis de Lafayette, set sail for America at just 19 years old. Motivated by the ...

In France, the name Lafayette is well known, but the man behind it – Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette – often fades into the background of the country’s rich historical tapestry. In the ...