(General LaFayette) was the official guest of the State of Indiana at Jeffersonville on May 12, 1825 at the house of Former Governor Posey on the West corner of Front and Fort Streets. He was welcomed by the Governor of the the State, by a Committee of the General Assembly, by Citizens of Jeffersonville, and by Veterans of The War of The Revolution.

As commemorative of that visit and in enduring gratitude for the services in that war, as an American General in the Field, and in enlisting the support of France at critical periods, this tablet has been erected by

The Society of Indiana Pioneers

The Daughters of the American Revolution

The Sons of the American Revolution

The Colonial Dames of America in Indiana

Marker is on Spring Street just north of East Court Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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