The story of toile de Jouy fabric starts in 18th-century France, in the town of Jouy-en-Josas. At the height of Europe's obsession with Indian cotton (which saw the fabric banned for a time by both ...

As the bicentennial nears of Marquis de Lafayette’s return to the young country he fought for as a teenager, the onetime French aristocrat and major general in the Continental Army is the talk ...

GALLIPOLIS, OH (WOWK)- It has been 200 years since Revolutionary War Hero Marquis de Lafayette stepped foot in Gallipolis, Ohio, as a part of his farewell voyage tour across the then 24 states in the ...

In the United States, however, the Marquis de Lafayette is remembered as a national hero. His legacy is honoured in museums, schools, and public monuments, largely because of his pivotal role ...

Illustration of a Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), often known simply as Lafayette, French aristocrat and military officer ,key ...

Joshua Levine is a Paris-based freelance journalist. He has written for Forbes and the Financial Times, and is the author of The Rise and Fall of the House of Barneys. A massive 1,100-year-old ...

UTICA, N.Y. -- A scholarship fund has been created to honor the memory of Elizabeth Gerling, the former principal of Columbus Elementary School in Utica. Named the Elizabeth Gerling Legacy Scholarship ...