Marquis de Lafayette

Marquis de Lafayette was an aristocratic Frenchman who served as a volunteer Major General in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. The French and British fought many wars during their history for various reasons. Lafayette’s father died during one ...

Lafayette Square

Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park located directly north of the White House on H Street between 15th and 17th Streets, NW. The Square and the surrounding structures were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1970. Originally planned ...

Lawrence Lafayette Richardson, M.D.

July 23, 1867 - August 9, 1958

Physician 64 Years.

Mayor of Simpsonville 38 Years:

1917 • 1923 • 1928 • 1958;

Chairman Simpsonville School Board 20 Years

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and West College Street, on the right when ...

Lafayette at Corbin’s Bridge

Pursued by British Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton, the Marquis de Lafayette camped just west of here near Corbin’s Bridge on 2 June during the campaign of 1781. Commanding more than 3,000 Continental soldiers and militia, Lafayette sought to move northward ...

Lafayette Blue Spring State Park

Visitors can take a dip in this first magnitude spring, walk across the natural limestone bridge that crosses the spring run flowing into the Suwannee River or picnic under the oaks with their swaying Spanish moss. Fish or canoe on ...

Lafayette Town Hall

Community spirit led to construction of this hall by the Lafayette Improvement Club. Land was donated by Frank and Rose Ghiglione with funds and labor provided by the townspeople. A grand opening ball and midnight supper were held on May ...

Lafayette College Founding

At White's Hotel near here, on Dec. 27, 1824, local citizens gathered to found Lafayette College. One of their leaders, James Madison Porter, had recently met Lafayette during the French general's well-received American tour of 1824-25, that revived widespread patriotic ...

LaFayette - Jackson Township Civil War Memorial

and Veterans Memorial Garden

Erected 1903 by the

Citizens of Jackson Tp. and

Dedicated to the

Memory of her soldiers of

1861. - 1865.

[Grand Army of the Republic emblem]

Ah! never shall the land forget.

How flowed the life blood of her brave

Gushed warm with hope and ...

This Tablet Commemorates the Visit of Lafayette

Soldier of France

Volunteer in the cause of

American Liberty

Guest of the Nation

Entertained in Selma

On his way to Cahaba

1825

Placed by the Cherokee Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

Selma, Alabama

June 14, 1931

Marker is at the intersection of Water Avenue and Washington Street, on the ...

James Lafayette

James Lafayette was born in slavery about 1748 near here. His master William Armistead was commissary of military supplies when in the summer of 1781 the Marquis de Lafayette recruited James as a spy. Posing as a double agent, forager, ...