An illustration of the triumphal arch built in 1825 to mark Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to New Orleans, published in 1909 in The Times-Picayune.

Everyone seems to agree that Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, arrived in Cincinnati at noon on May 19, 1825. He was nearing the conclusion of a year-long ...

The Marquis de Lafayette was born Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier in 1757 in the south of France, according to American Friends of Lafayette.

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, gained fame both in the fledgling United States and also his native France.

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette — also known as the Marquis de Lafayette — had been invited by President James Monroe to return to America for a tour in hopes the ...

Arlington House that October 1824 evening was illuminated with candles in order to be “sublime and imposing” for the visit, said Elizabeth Reese, who has penned “Marquis de Lafayette Returns ...

Cyril Lagvanec, Ph.D., will talk about the legendary Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette at 7 p.m. April 8 at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie ...

Lafayette was born on September 6, 1757, about 300 miles South of Paris, France at the Château de Chavaniac. Lafayette was just two years old when his father died at the Battle of Minden and was ...

Marquis de Lafayette, Frenchman and American Revolutionary War hero, will tour Seacoast NH events Sunday, Sept. 1. Here's how you can attend.

An illustration of the triumphal arch built in 1825 to mark Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to New Orleans, published in 1909 in The Times-Picayune.