George Washington was believed to have dined in 1780 at The Meeting House — a Snedens Landing property that was listed for sale in 2023 — with the Marquis de Lafayette and Baron von Steuben.

To the editor: I wanted to address Sally White’s Jan. 30 letter to the editor "Pittsfield should embrace its history with Marquis de Lafayette." The Berkshire County Historical Society and the ...

To the editor: The Marquis de Lafayette made a grand tour of the United States in 1824 and 1825 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. His travels took him to every ...

General Marquis de Lafayette was invited by President James Monroe to tour the U.S. because he felt his presence would help revive American patriotism in the 1800s. Lafayette was the last ...

Howard Chua-Eoan is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion covering culture and business. He previously served as Bloomberg Opinion's international editor and is a former news director at Time magazine ...

John Ward Dunsmore's 1907 depiction of Lafayette, right, and Washington at Valley Forge. Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) was a French general who was instrumental in securing American ...

Moe Marquis passed away on Feb. 5, 2025, with his daughters by his side at the age of 88 at his daughter’s home on Allen Pond in Greene where he had resided for the last six weeks. Born and ...

Two centuries after his death, the descendants of the notorious Marquis de Sade have finally embraced their once-reviled relative. The French aristocrat scandalised his contemporaries with his ...

In 1825 Canandaigua, the “Nation’s Guest” — Marquis de Lafayette, a French military officer and nobleman who helped in the fight for American independence a half century before — was ...

And then he turned to the regal gentleman in black Regency-era tailcoat beside him, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, general of the American Revolution. “Your patriotism for those of us who ...