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.

In 1777, at the age of twenty, the Marquis de Lafayette traveled from France to the colonies to volunteer his services with George Washington’s Continental Army.

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.

Two hundred years ago, the Marquis de Lafayette, one of the greatest heroes in America’s fight for independence, began a 13-month “Guest of the Nation” tour of all 24 states.

Frenchman Lafayette fought and was injured at the Sept. 11, 1777 Battle of Brandywine and was subsequently recognized as America’s champion and hero for gaining France’s participation in the … ...

The Marquis de Lafayette writes a letter to Uticans, thanking them for donating $974 to help Poland in its rebellion to overthrow Russian rule. Lafayette — who lives in the town of Meaux, just ...

Object Details Artist Unidentified Artist Copy after Jean-Antoine Houdon, 1741 - 1828 Sitter Marquis de Lafayette, 6 Sep 1757 - 20 May 1834 Exhibition Label Born Auvergne, France The nineteen-year-old ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Feb. 23, the Suffolk Visitor Center will commemorate the arrival of Lafayette at the site of the former Nansemond County Courthouse on the same route that the marquis traveled in a horse-drawn c… ...