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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 ...

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 ...

Lafayette College celebrates its 200th birthday this year, and you can share in that celebration with a new line of branded merchandise from Abercrombie & Fitch — whose CEO is an alum — ...

In celebration of New York State History and Archives Month, this episode follows the trail of the Marquis de Lafayette, the orphaned member of one of France’s oldest and wealthiest families who ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Ryan L. Cole’s new book, “The Last Adieu,” is releasing today, exploring the historic return of the Marquis de Lafayette to America. The book delves into Lafayette’s 13-month ...

In 1825, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de LaFayette was the closest thing one could find to a modern-day rock star. According to History.com, when his boat arrived in Manhattan on Aug.

MIDDLETOWN —The Middlesex County Historical Society will host a ceremony next week to unveil a plaque commemorating the 1824 visit of the Marquis de Lafayette during his grand tour of the United ...

THORNBURY—On the exact day, Saturday July 26, 200 years later after a grand 1824-25 tour, Gen. Marquis de Lafayette triumphantly returned to Chester County and visited where he was wounded during the ...

General Marquis de Lafayette returns to Havre de Grace on the 200th anniversary of his original visit, on Tuesday, July 29. General Marquis de Lafayette speaks during the welcoming ceremony in his ...

CHADDS FORD–Two hundred years ago, American Hero Major General Marquis De Lafayette visited Chadds Ford and West Chester as part of Lafayette’s 13-month tour as America’s guest. On Saturday, July 26, ...

Two hundred years ago the Gen. Marquis de Lafayette visited Harford and Cecil counties on a farewell tour. On July 29, Havre de Grace will celebrate the Revolutionary War hero during a special event ...