A contested presidential election in 1824 and division over ... an art exhibit in home's gift shop and a ball held at the Historic Beaufort Arsenal. Lafayette's tour of America was originally ...

Lafayette, a French military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, was widely celebrated during his 1824 farewell tour of the United States. Ladies swayed in old-timey dresses as a ...

On his heralded tour of America in 1824 and 1825 ... A strong oral tradition ties Lafayette’s visit to the Blue Ball Inn, on the Old York Road south of Shrewsbury. That tale of Lafayette ...

Lafayette’s final trip to America lasted from August 1824 to September 1825. He visited all the then 24 states and was the first foreign dignitary to address a joint session of Congress.

The silver platter — flashing the initials FKH — was presented to the doctor during Lafayette's stop in Charleston in 1824. Barrow communicated what he had learned about his distant relative's ...

In Lancaster County, most of the events — lectures, a troop muster, a candlelight dinner, a period ball ... “Marquis de Lafayette Returns,” focusing on the events of his 1824-25 American ...

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 ...

The group had gathered Wednesday at Lucas Tavern in Old Alabama Town to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Marquis de ...