Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marquis de Lafayette was part French nobleman, part American patriot. (Wikimedia Commons) As the United States approaches the ...

Two hundred years to the day, Major General Marquis de Lafayette was again honored by admirers when Mount Vernon Estate held a re-enactment of his Oct. 17, 1824, return to George Washington’s home.

On the C-SPAN Networks: American Friends of Lafayette has hosted 1 event in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2024 Speech. Most appearances with Lloyd Kramer (2), Alan Hoffman (2).

Lafayette College will transform its traditional one-day Founders’ Day observance into a week-long celebration next month to mark 200 years since its founding. The college will hold Founders’ Week ...

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Black spies used their invisibility in plain sight to carry out some of the nation’s most important war efforts. When most people think of history’s American spies, they imagine a sleuthy white man, ...

Gene Pisasale is an historian, author, and lecturer based in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. “It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States … should ...

Was this French cowboy the first fascist? The eccentric life of Marquis de Morès, anti-Semitic rabble-rouser By Julian Jackson Where was fascism born? Many years ago, the Franco-Israeli historian Zeev ...

LAFAYETTE, La. — Krewe de Canailles officially kicks off Lafayette's Mardi Gras parade season with their walking parade through downtown, happening Friday, Feb. 6. This year's parade embraces ...

The West End production of Hamilton has announced a new extension as it reveals plans for a relaxed performance.

Drivers in Lafayette may have noticed black, solar-powered cameras installed along roadways in recent weeks. The cameras are not operated by the Lafayette Police Department, the Lafayette Parish ...