On Sept. 4, 1824, the Marquis made a brief stopover in Middletown during his tour of the country he helped establish.

In celebration of the bicentennial of the Marquis de Lafayette’s historic visit to Leesburg, the Town of Leesburg has ...

The Lafayette Trail, Inc. is a nonprofit organization with the mission to document, map, and mark Gen. Marquis de Lafayette's footsteps during his Farewell Tour of the United States in 1824 and 1825.

Marquis de Lafayette meets the National Guard in New York in 1825. The 2nd Battalion, 11th New York Artillery, was one of the many militia commands turned out in welcome.

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.

The Marquis de Lafayette, a French nobleman who rushed to the aid of the United States in its darkest hours, and an audacious hero of two revolutions, was born on this day in history, Sept. 6, 1757.

How is Marquis de Lafayette remembered? Known as "the Hero of the Two Worlds" because of his role in both Europe and America, Lafayette was a global leader. " After the French Revolution, Lafayette ...

Marquis de Lafayette, aka Benjamin Goldman, escorted by Gen. John Stark and his wife Molly are seen in Hampton Falls, celebrating the 200th bicentennial of Lafayette's farewell tour in America ...

The Marquis de Lafayette arrived at the John Langdon House after a journey down Pleasant Street in a horse-drawn carriage led by a Portsmouth Police escort and flanked by the color guard of the ...

At about 7 a.m., they first caught sight of the elegant fringed carriage bearing their guest, Marie-Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert du Motier, better known as the Marquis de Lafayette.

Marquis de Lafayette, American Hero The making of the Revolutionary War General into a national icon ...