But the most famous of these was the dashing young noble Lafayette. The arrival on September 21, 1777 in Bethlehem of the handsome 19-year-old was not a joyful one. "The young Marquis de Lafayette ...

So passionate was the Marquis de Lafayette to join the fight for ... In Philadelphia on July 31, 1777, Lafayette met George Washington, then 45 years old, and the two men formed a life-long ...

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. He had been orphaned young ...

At the invitation of President James Monroe, the Marquis de Lafayette — Gen ... first met 19-year-old Lafayette in a Philadelphia tavern in the summer of 1777, shortly after he was commissioned ...

The Marquis de Lafayette sailed from Natchez to Caron ... landing near Georgetown, S.C., on June 13, 1777. Among the 44 men he brought with him was a cynic, the Vicomte de Mauroy.

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette — also known as the Marquis ... country. Lafayette was a slim and wiry 20-year-old when he first arrived in America in 1777.

Fredonia’s Barker Commons will host a festival and reenactment of General Lafayette’s visit. No one in Northern Chautauqua ...

Meet Marquis de Lafayette. Not the late historical figure ... Lafayette's memory as the first place he landed after his arrival in 1777 to join the revolution anchored near Georgetown, according ...