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The Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, will continue his tour today and tomorrow as part of the 200th anniversary of ...
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the last living major general from the American Revolutionary War, accepted an ...
‘Lafayette, we are here.” So said American army Colonel Charles Stanton in Paris on July 4, 1917, standing at the tomb of ...
Calls of “Vive Lafayette” rang out around Whitesboro’s village green as the village welcomed the Marquis de Lafayette in ...
Casually work the name Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier into a conversation ... better-known aristocratic title — the Marquis de Lafayette — and many will know of whom you ...
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette — also known as the Marquis de Lafayette — had been invited by President James Monroe to return to America for a tour in hopes the ...
This week we step back in time 200 years to the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to New ... aristocracy as Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier — joined the Americans’ cause, fighting ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The Green-Meldrim House is hosting an event in recognition of the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s ...
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 ...
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 ...
James Monroe and Gilbert du Motier, commonly known as the Marquis de Lafayette. A large American flag towered above the proceedings and flapped at half-staff over the historic fort’s battlements ...