The Revolutionary War hero visited Erie in 1825 as part of a 13-month, 6,000-mile tour of the young United States.

During the Revolution, his enslaver, William Armistead, managed American military supplies in Williamsburg, where Lafayette likely met the Marquis de Lafayette, the young French general commanding ...

For more than a year, the Marquis de Lafayette was received like a “rock star” in every town he visited in America during the ...

A bronze statue of Brigadier Gen. Enoch Poor, a revolutionary war hero who fought alongside Marquis de Lafayette, has stood for more than 120 years across from the Bergen County Courthouse in ...

During the Revolution, his enslaver, William Armistead, managed American military supplies in Williamsburg, where Lafayette likely met the Marquis de Lafayette, the young French general commanding ...

A relative of the Marquis de Lafayette and the man himself — so to speak — paid a personal visit to Lexington on the ...

It appears that the Marquis de Lafayette, hero of the American Revolution, had the power to cloud men’s minds. That is the only possible explanation for the varied and confused memories of his brief ...

Officials with the Campus Martius Museum and the American Friends of Lafayette expressed the importance of honoring the visit ...

When the Marquis de Lafayette came to America for the last time in 1824, he was met by 80,000 people. “He really was America’s first rock star,” says Chuck Schwam, executive director of the ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Michael Halbert portrays Marquis de Lafayette aboard the Tom Sawyer riverboat during a historical reenactment of Lafayette’s ...

A series of events will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to New Orleans. Wednesday, April 9, 10 a.m. at the Cabildo A ceremony will mark the unveiling and ...