The Hermione, 17 years in the making, replicates the original wartime frigate that ferried the Marquis de Lafayette to America in 1780. Association Hermione La Fayette The sun was sparkling off ...

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 ...

Long before the audiences of the musical “Hamilton” experienced him as the fast-rapping “America’s favorite fighting Frenchman,” the Marquis de Lafayette was a celebrity hero during his ...

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 ...