In 1777, a passionate young French aristocrat named Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, known as Marquis de ...
To the editor: The Marquis de Lafayette made a grand tour of the United States in 1824 and 1825 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. His travels took him to every ...
During the American Revolution, French aristocrat Marquis de Lafayette, still a teenager ... General George Washington during Valley Forge in 1777 and the Battle at Yorktown in Virginia in ...
Learn about Marquis de Lafayette’s final journey through North Carolina as the State Archives hosts a virtual program on Wednesday. General Marquis de Lafayette was crucial in securing French support ...