Alabama is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Marquis de Lafayette's visit to the state. Lafayette, a French military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, was widely celebrated ...

This week marks two hundred years since a 1825 tour of the United States by the Marquis de Lafayette. The French general served under George Washington during the Revolutionary War. LaFayette later ...

Meet Marquis de Lafayette. Not the late historical figure, of course. Michael Halbert is one of several men bringing the Revolutionary War hero to life as part of a 24-state tour that retraces the ...

The cannon’s roar and the shots from the 13-musket salute marked the arrival of the Marquis de Lafayette, a figure whose impact is felt not just in the United States, but in France and in the ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The Maquis de Lafayette visited Beaufort 200 years ago and the Frenchman’s contributions were so significant that the community is celebrating the bicentennial of his trip this ...

NATCHEZ — Watch this grand procession from Rosalie down Canal Street to the Natchez Convention Center, built atop the former Steamboat Hotel where Marquis de Lafayette was the guest of honor in ...

MARIETTA, Ohio (WTAP) - The Campus Martius Museum in Marietta are presenting a temporary exhibit of Marquis de Lafayette to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his visit to Marietta. According to ...

Savannah celebrated the bicentennial of the Marquis de Lafayette's 1825 visit with a historical marker dedication and reenactment. The event included descendants of Nathanael Greene, whom ...

Two centuries after his death, the descendants of the notorious Marquis de Sade have finally embraced their once-reviled relative. The French aristocrat scandalised his contemporaries with his ...