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4 days ago · CATHY DYSON The Free Lance-Star. The dedication of a historical marker and a lecture that explains Fredericksburg’s role in the farewell tour of the Marquis de Lafayette, who in 1824 was the last surviving major general of the Revolutionary War, are taking place today in downtown Fredericksburg.
3 days ago · by Ted Schubel | May 24, 2024 | Fredericksburg, History, Ted Schubel. A marker highligting the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit in 1824 was unveiled in front of the Fredericksburg Area Museum on Princess Anne Street. Lafayette Trail in Fredericksburg.
14 hours ago · The Orange Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) as part of the MBTA subway system. The line runs south on the surface from Oak Grove station in Malden, Massachusetts through Malden and Medford, paralleling the Haverhill Line, then crosses the Mystic River on a bridge into Somerville, then into Charlestown.
5 days ago · It was a fine day on the waterfront Tuesday as Dunkirk Historian Diane Andrasik spoke at an unveiling of a marker to commemorate the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1825 visit. The marquis traveled from ...
4 days ago · He became friends with painter (and later inventor) Samuel Morse and with French general and American Revolutionary War hero Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. [33] [7] Cooper admired the patrician liberalism of Lafayette, who sought to recruit him to his causes, and eulogized him as a man who "dedicated youth, person, and fortune, to the ...
2 days ago · In February 1795, Monroe used his influence to secure the release of all American citizens imprisoned since the French Revolution and Adrienne de La Fayette, the wife of the Marquis de Lafayette. He had already secured the release of Thomas Paine in July 1794 and took him in, but when Paine worked on a diatribe against Washington despite Monroe ...
4 days ago · Long after the parties and celebrations commemorating the bicentennial of the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824 visit to Fredericksburg are over, the marker unveiled in front of the Fredericksburg Area Museum on Thursday will remain. A historic marker is a physical anchor to the past, which to Sam McKelvey, president and CEO of the museum, was the ...
