President James Monroe invited Lafayette to come to the United States to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the American ...

This week we step back in time 200 years to the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to New ... aristocracy as Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier — joined the Americans’ cause, fighting ...

The celebrations were held to mark the return of a popular French nobleman to the U.S. Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de la Lafayette (1757-1834) had fought alongside ...

Ph.D., will talk about the legendary Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette at 7 p.m. April 8 at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. The Marquis de ...

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben from Prussia and France’s Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette — most watched from the sidelines, content to observe and comment on American principles ...

President Monroe invited Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette, known to most as The Marquis de Lafayette, to return to ...

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, known simply as “Lafayette” in the U.S., was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George ...

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette – Known simply as Lafayette to Americans, the French aristocrat and military officer ensured victory for the United States in the Revolutionary War and ...

Chris Anderson was leafing through various books in Allegheny College’s archival collection when he came across a long “lost” ...

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 ...