marquis de lafayette

     

This man's return to the U.S. in 1824, 47 years after his first trip here, added splendor to James Monroe's presidential term

Trivia about marquis de lafayette

  • Born at Chateau Chavaniac in 1757, he was later hailed as "the hero of two worlds"
  • This military marquis' full name was Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch Gilbert du Motier
  • The American flag flies 24 hours a day over his grave in Paris' Pictus Cemetery
  • It's thought that the Liberty Bell rang out to announce the arrival of this Frenchman in September 1824
  • In May 1778 British general James Grant tried to stop this Frenchman's troops at Barren Hill
  • Commander of a major American division at Yorktown, he returned to France 2 months later
  • On June 17, 1825 this Frenchman laid the cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument
  • At Cornwallis' defeat, 1 of the 3 major American divisions was headed by this Frenchman
  • Ceremonies in the U.S. & France marked this statesman's 200th birthday
  • He left the French army a captain & moved to America where he was made a major general in 1777
  • In 1824 a New York unit took the name National Guard to honor this Frenchman's "Garde Nationale"
  • Called "The Hero of Two Worlds", this man came from far away to help the cause of American liberty
  • In 1824 this first foreigner to address a joint session of Congress congratulated the U.S. on its growth
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Monticello in Virginia.) In 1824, this French nobleman came to Monticello for a week-long visit; incidentally, after he left, the wine cellar had to be replenished
  • American flags flew at half-mast when this Frenchman died in Paris May 20, 1834
  • Declared a traitor by the Jacobins, this hero of the American Revolution fled to Flanders
  • This French military leader was a major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
  • By custom, the U.S. flag flies over his tomb in Paris
  • In 1771 this teenage Marquis became a musketeer--good training for the American Revolution