Two hundred years after his final American tour, the Marquis de Lafayette is set to make a symbolic return to North Jersey. On Saturday, the Paterson Museum Foundation will host a celebration at the ...

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—his ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The “American Friends of Lafayette” gathered in Louisville Monday, May 12 for a celebration of the Marquis de Lafayette, a key figure in the American Revolution. Two hundred ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Big celebrations are scheduled in Mobile Monday for the 200th anniversary of Marquis Lafayette’s visit to Mobile. Officials with the City of Mobile say at 10:00am, they will ...

At the invitation of President James Monroe, the Marquis de Lafayette — Gen. Lafayette — returned to the United States as an honored guest more than 40 years after the Treaty of Paris recognized the U ...

In this 1832 caricature, French artist Auguste-Jean-Jacques Hervieu scribbles away on his epic canvas portraying LaFayette’s arrival in Cincinnati, painting in many of his friends and patrons who ...

The Marquis de Lafayette is a celebrated political and military figure of the revolutionary era, spearheading pivotal moments in both the United States and France. He is dubbed “The Hero of Two Worlds ...

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 ...