Lafayette interpreter and U.S. Army veteran ... on the battlefield helped him to become America’s favorite fighting Frenchman. In August 1824, Lafayette began his “Farewell Tour of the Nation ...

Lafayette returned this week in the personage of actor and interpreter Charles Wissinger. And just like the last time the “Fighting Frenchman” came through, he was celebrated with appearances ...

By Frank and Gloria Womble, research by Marion J. Watson This article is the third in a series of three based on an undated booklet published by the Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society. For details ...

This article is the first in a series of three based on an undated booklet published by the Suffolk-Nansemond Historical ...