One (1) Marquis de Lafayette medal France, 1789 Obverse Image: Bust of Lafayetter facing left. Obverse Text: M.IS DE LAFAYETT E M.AL DE CAMP COM. DANT G.AL DEL A G.DE NA.LE PAR.NE / DUMAREST Reverse ...

French Revolution: Clip 7 (5:51), Colonial Williamsburg’s Mark Schneider, portraying Marquis de Lafayette talked about the French Revolution and the storming of the Bastille in 1789 from ...

The Marquis de Lafayette, a French nobleman who rushed to the aid of the United States in its darkest hours, and an audacious hero of two revolutions, was born on this day in history, Sept. 6, 1757.

The Marquis de Lafayette who first arrived on U.S. soil in South Carolina on June 13, ... in 1789, warned Lafayette against attempting to “trim between two sides,” but Lafayette didn’t listen.

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette — known as Gilbert — was born into a family of noble military lineage on Sept. 6, 1757, in Chavaniac, France.

In 1777, French aristocrat and military officer Marquis de LaFayette departed his homeland bound for America to help in the fight for independence. During the Revolutionary War, Lafayette ...

In August, the Museum of the American Revolution will display 'The Destruction of the Bastille,' an ink and wash drawing gifted to George Washington by the Marquis de Lafayette in 1790. The ...

PORTSMOUTH — The Marquis de Lafayette made a triumphant return to Seacoast New Hampshire communities Sunday, Sept. 1, exactly 200 years after he last visited.. A crowd gathered at the John ...