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 ...
JEFFERSONVILLE – Lafayette, Indiana is known by many Hoosiers as the home of Purdue University. However, the city’s namesake ...
In 1777, a passionate young French aristocrat named Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, known as Marquis de ...
Two hundred years after the Marquis de Lafayette’s “farewell tour ... man’s real name was Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette. According to a Wikipedia biography ...
In addition to several likenesses of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette, the first draft of an honorary degree presented by Harvard to the Marquis in October 21, 1784, will be on display in the main ...
The community is rallying in preparation for extensive celebrations surrounding the Bicentennial anniversary of Revolutionary War General, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette’s farewell tour of ...