The Erie Canal Museum will host an event on Saturday, June 7 remembering the Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette, and his 1825 visit through Upstate New York.

It's a special day in Fayette County on May 30 and the county recognizes the commemoration of the bicentennial of the Marquis ...

Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory announced his support Wednesday for removing the statue of Confederate Gen. Alfred Mouton from downtown Lafayette. The statue, which was erected during the ...

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

More than 100 people — black and white, young and old, wearing Coexist and Eracism T-shirts — gathered at the foot of a Confederate statue in downtown Lafayette on Wednesday demanding its removal.

A relative of the Marquis de Lafayette and the man himself — so to speak — paid a personal visit to Lexington on the bicentennial of his famed trip through the city. A salute... Revolutionary color ...

In 1825, on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Revolutionary War, President James Madison and Congress invited the Marquis de Lafayette to return to the United States to see what the country ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The “American Friends of Lafayette” gathered in Louisville Monday, May 12 for a celebration of the Marquis de Lafayette, a key figure in the American Revolution. Two hundred ...

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 ...

General the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to America upon invitation of Congress in 1824, his reception by the City of New York and subsequent entertainment, are vividly recalled by Mrs. Elizabeth ...

The National Bicentennial of Marquis de Lafayette’s Farewell Tour will “arrive” in Rochester on Saturday, June 7, 2025 as part of a four-stop tour in Monroe and Ontario Counties. This stop is part of ...

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