Soon even aristocrats would join them. The Marquis de Lafayette knew the King and Marie Antoinette well. He'd bravely fought against the British in the American revolution. Now with the help of ...

"Farewell Tour" of 1825, Schenectady visit of the Marquis de Lafayette celebrated in daylong event featuring winners of ...

Back at the dinner, General Washington, Claire Fraser, and the Marquis de Lafayette, whose full name was Marie Joseph Paul Yves Rich Gilbert du Motier, engaged in easy conversation. At one point ...