Lafayette’s tour started in New York and went up to Maine before looping back west and south. He visited all 24 states over the course of 13 months and received a hero’s welcome continuously ...

Harrisburg founder John Harris, Jr., was no fan of the French after the French and Indian War, but last Saturday night, he ...

On Feb. 23, the Suffolk Visitor Center will commemorate the arrival of Lafayette at the site of the former Nansemond County ...

the return visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States for the first time since the American Revolution. And even though "The Hero Of Two Worlds," as he was known, had no plans to come ...

In 1824 and 1825, Lafayette returned to tour the United States, and he was met with a hero’s welcome. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may ...

This year marks the Bicentennial, 2024-2025, of Lafayette and his farewell tour, “Guest of the Nation”, which took place August 15, 1824-September 7, 1825. To commemorate the occasion, the LaGrange ...

Jan. 2, 1996: Thelma Champion Beeler, a longtime teacher at Lafayette High School, dies. Beeler started her teaching career in a two-room school house in Mount Zion when she was just 14.

For his involvement in both the American and French revolutions, he is remembered as “The Hero of the Two Worlds.” Lafayette ...

This is the twenty-second in a series of articles leading up to the Lafayette Farewell Tour Bicentennial celebration. For ...