Two hundred years to the day, Major General Marquis de Lafayette was again honored by admirers when Mount Vernon Estate held a re-enactment of his Oct. 17, 1824, return to George Washington’s home.
The story of a storm that left a trail of devastation on the Dorset coast, will be told in a free exhibition. It has been nearly 200 years since the Great Gale hit the south coast on the ...
The Great Gale hit the south coast on the night of 22 November 1824 - destroying part of Chiswell where 25 people died. A free exhibition, including personal stories and accounts from that night ...