Jean Marie Joseph Bove's depiction of Lafayette returning to the U.S. The caption says, 'A great man belongs to the whole universe.' Blancheteau Collection/Cornell University Library via Wikimedia ...
Two hundred years ago this month, the American nation, then nearing its 50th birthday, saw the conclusion of an extraordinary moment in its young life: the yearlong national tour of Gen. Lafayette, ...
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Lafayette’s tour of a transforming America
On Aug. 15, 1824, as the summer sun sank over New York Harbor, a huge crowd pressed against the wharves, straining for a glimpse of the Cadmus. Church bells rang out as the ship eased into view, and ...
Pictured are Mike Lee, portraying the Marquis de Lafayette and Jeff Crossley, Sons of the American Revolution. This evening, Fredonia’s Barker Commons will host a festival and reenactment of General ...
The 1825 banquet was laid out on a 170-foot table shaded by a canopy of British flags captured in the Battle of Lake Erie. Lafayette was moved by the accounts of the battle and viewed War of 1812 ...
(THE CONVERSATION) America is nearing the 250th anniversary of its revolutionary birth, the Declaration of Independence. July 4, 2026, will mark a milestone – and a time for reflection. Yet as ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matthew Smith, Miami University (THE CONVERSATION) America is nearing the 250th ...
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