The Marquis de Lafayette who first arrived on U.S. soil in South Carolina on June 13, 1777, was an unformed, untested youth of 19. In a way, he had nowhere else to go.

The Marquis de Lafayette sailed from Natchez to Caron­delet, Mo., between April 18 and April 28, 1825, on the steamboat Natchez. The Revolutionary War hero was on his return tour; when he arrived ...

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 Lafayette Trail, Inc. is a nonprofit organization with the mission to document, map, and mark Gen. Marquis de Lafayette's footsteps during his Farewell Tour of the United States in 1824 and 1825.

The Marquis de Lafayette arrived at the John Langdon House after a journey down Pleasant Street in a horse-drawn carriage led by a Portsmouth Police escort and flanked by the color guard of the ...

From Aug. 15, 1824, until Dec. 8, 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette, hero of the American Revolution, was "The Nation's Guest," as newspapers put it. Few visitors before or since have been treated so ...

Vermonters will honor Marquis de Lafayette's 1824 return tour through the U.S. this weekend, marking the 200th anniversary of his visit. Back in 1824, President James Monroe called Lafayette back ...

Marquis de Lafayette, aka Benjamin Goldman, escorted by Gen. John Stark and his wife Molly are seen in Hampton Falls, celebrating the 200th bicentennial of Lafayette's farewell tour in America ...