This story accompanies the article about Lafayette200 events, "Marquis de Lafayette toured Lancaster 200 years ago." ...

Two hundred years ago, the Marquis de Lafayette, one of the greatest heroes in America’s fight for independence, began a 13-month “Guest of the Nation” tour of all 24 states.

In 1777, French aristocrat and military officer Marquis de LaFayette departed his homeland bound for America to help in the fight for independence. During the Revolutionary War, Lafayette ...

When Marquis de Lafayette came to Hampton Roads in late October 1824 to mark the 43rd anniversary of the American and French victory over the British at Yorktown, the region fell into a week-long ...

Meet Marquis de Lafayette. Not the late historical figure, of course. Michael Halbert is one of several men bringing the Revolutionary War hero to life as part of a 24-state tour that retraces the ...

June 7, 1825: Marquis de Lafayette stops in Rochester on his tour of the United States. ... 1825, he met with a group of Revolutionary War veterans at Silvius Hoard's tavern in Rochester.

As part of a 6,000-mile national tour, history buffs and revolutionary organizations are retracing the steps Marquis de Lafayette took 200 years ago when the Revolutionary War hero was welcomed ...

GREENWICH — The Marquis de Lafayette was a young man when he left France to fight in America's Revolutionary War. Decades later, he was invited back to see the nation he helped create, including ...

A Revolutionary War hero is being remembered with a new marker along Cincinnati's riverfront ... It commemorates the Marquis de Lafayette's tour of America in 1824 and 1825. Over 16 months, ...

Two hundred years ago, the Marquis de Lafayette, one of the greatest heroes in America’s fight for independence, began a 13-month “Guest of the Nation” tour of all 24 states. Following a ...