President James Monroe invited Lafayette to come to the United States to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the American ...

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 ...

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 ...