George Washington when, on July 31, 1777, he was introduced to the latest ... capital of Philadelphia was the 19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette, who was in America principally because he was ...

Focusing on imparting the lessons from General Washington's encampment in the winter of 1777-1778 ... With the help of a young Marquis de Lafayette, the United States was recognized by France ...

In the new British comic-documentary "United States of Birmingham," British celebrity Joe Lycett visits all 17 municipalities ...

Pennsylvania ghosts who starred on the Syfy Channel (then called SciFi); and a now-pastoral killing field on which a ...

Notable among them were the Marquis de Lafayette, the 19-year-old French ... Virginia Congressman Richard Henry Lee on October 17, 1777. “But it will be impossible for me to be of any further ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - People came together on Sunday for a celebration in Huntsville, honoring the war hero Marquis de Lafayette. He’s the French noble who joined George Washington’s Continental ...

Like many people who enjoy taking a closer look at some of the biggest heroes in American history, Schenectady City Historian Chris Leonard is sometimes a bit disappointed. I remember way back ...

When the Marquis de Lafayette came to America for the last time in 1824, he was met by 80,000 people. “He really was America’s first rock star,” says Chuck Schwam, executive director of the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — On Wednesday, April 9, the Cabildo State Museum hosted a celebration for the 200th anniversary of Marquis de Lafayette’s 1825 visit to New Orleans. One of the ways the ...

On July 27-29, 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette passed through Lancaster County on his 13-month journey. The Bicentennial Planning Committee of Lancaster County and Western Chester County has ...

The new exhibit offers a detailed look at the city’s early history and its connection to the Marquis de Lafayette, a key figure in the American Revolution who visited the region in 1825 as the ...