A Society dedicated to the memory & legacy of Major General Gilbert Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. Est 1932
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🇺🇸 AFL250 — Lafayette Returns to America, 1777
The American Friends of Lafayette is launching AFL250, a rolling commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Lafayette’s first arrival in America. It begins June 13, 2027 after 19 yrs Lafayette landed near Georgetown, South Carolina
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Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello is proud to offer U.S. military veterans free admission during Veterans Day week, Nov. 11–15. Veterans may choose a Standard Rate Tour or a Grounds Ticket, as availability permits. A valid military ID is required⭐🇺🇸: Monticello.org/Visit
Spooky season weather is here! 🍂 Layer up in style with official Lafayette gear.
Whether you're visiting historic sites this autumn or cozying up with a good history book, our collection keeps the Marquis's legacy alive in every season.
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Skip the basic Halloween costumes this year—go legendary!
Continental Army uniforms, tricorn hats, and Revolutionary brass buttons were the ultimate 18th-century fashion statement. Whether you're dressing up as General Lafayette, Marie Antoinette, or a Revolutionary soldier.
They say history leaves a mark...
During Lafayette’s Farewell Tour 1824–1825, he stayed at dozens of historic inns, homes, and taverns across all 24 states. Today, several of those very locations claim to be haunted!
featured- Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria, Va.
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Thank you to Ambassador Monica Crowley, Chief of Protocol of the United States, for accepting a copy of my credentials. I have now begun my mission as Ambassador of France to the US.
Did you know America’s favorite Hero of Two Worlds has a connection to the master of macabre, Edgar Allan Poe?
Edgar Allan Poe’s grandfather, General David Poe Sr., was a patriot who helped equip Lafayette’s troops during the Revolutionary War!
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Learn more about James Lafayette and his relationship with the Marquis de Lafayette.
By quitting France in so public a manner, M. de Lafayette had served the cause of the revolution.
If a spirit of emulation made those connected with the court desirous of war, the rest of the nation supported the young rebel ....
Memoirs of Lafayette
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This is the Uniform of George Washington.
Consisting of coat, waistcoat, and knee breeches, he wore it from 1789 until his death in 1799.
He wore it when he inspected the troops called up for the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794.
He also wears it in John Trumbull’s famous 1790 painting of him at Verplanck’s point.
Washington devised the blue and buff colors of the uniform while serving at the Second Continental Congress in 1775, just prior to being named Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
In honor of this, the U.S. Army would use the same color scheme up until the start of the civil war.
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Happy Yorktown Day to all those who celebrate! 🇺🇸🇫🇷
A salute to Washington, Lafayette, Hamilton, and the American and French troops who helped make October 19, 1781, a very bad day for the British Empire.
Excellent work. No redoubts about it!
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#OnThisDay in 1781, the British officially surrendered following the Siege of Yorktown. This dramatic scene hanging in the Museum commemorates the event and features figures such as Rochambeau, Washington, and Lafayette.
Take a closer look: bit.ly/3D6M698
The French dignitaries and officers singing in unison at the French memorial in honor of those who fought and died in Yorktown, Virginia.
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Honoring the French who gave the ultimate sacrifice in Yorktown. @franceintheus @franceindc_CG
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There is still so much to discover about France’s role in the American Revolution!
Join us at the French Embassy on October 21 to mark the 245th anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown, as MG (ret.) Vincent de Kytspotter explores its strategic significance.
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King George III thought he could contain the rebellion. Little did he know, liberty was contagious. 🦠🇺🇸
Enter Lafayette and the French: the plot twist Britain never saw coming.
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The Surrender at Yorktown
On October 19, in a spectacle incredible to all who witnessed it, most of Cornwallis' army marched out of Yorktown between two lines of allied soldiers, Americans on one side and French on the other, that stretched for more than one mile.
