In the Works . . .
Friends of Lafayette will commemorate Major General Lafayette’s American Farewell Tour through Suffolk, February 24-26, 2025.
Activities will include arrival of Lafayette by horse drawn carriage, living history interpreters, an art exhibit of Lafayette artifacts, a re-creation of Lafayette’s Suffolk banquet, historic tours including an event in Somerton, educational lectures and programs, etc.
The American Friends of Lafayette established a Bicentennial Committee to commemorate the Farewell Tour of Lafayette. The committee consists of over 300 individuals, representing the 24 states Lafayette visited between 1824–1825. Our mission is to educate everyone, from youth to seniors and from every cultural and ethnic background, on the life and legacy of Lafayette, to celebrate the Franco-American alliance, and to educationally enrich the public through meaningful programming and remembrances.
August 16, 2024, kicks off the beginning of this monumental occasion with hundreds of events planned tracing the footsteps of Lafayette on his tour of America as the “Guest of the Nation” between 1824–1825, in the exact order he traveled. lafayette200.org
Activities will include arrival of Lafayette by horse drawn carriage, living history interpreters, an art exhibit of Lafayette artifacts, a re-creation of Lafayette’s Suffolk banquet, historic tours including an event in Somerton, educational lectures and programs, etc.
The American Friends of Lafayette established a Bicentennial Committee to commemorate the Farewell Tour of Lafayette. The committee consists of over 300 individuals, representing the 24 states Lafayette visited between 1824–1825. Our mission is to educate everyone, from youth to seniors and from every cultural and ethnic background, on the life and legacy of Lafayette, to celebrate the Franco-American alliance, and to educationally enrich the public through meaningful programming and remembrances.
August 16, 2024, kicks off the beginning of this monumental occasion with hundreds of events planned tracing the footsteps of Lafayette on his tour of America as the “Guest of the Nation” between 1824–1825, in the exact order he traveled. lafayette200.org
About the AFL
The American Friends of Lafayette is an organization aware of the ideals of this great French visionary leader, the inspirational quality of his remarkable career, his contributions to our own struggle for liberty, and his ceaseless efforts to forge an eternal bond of friendship between the United States and France.
The goal of The American Friends of Lafayette is to foster and promote this traditional friendship by way of continual research into the history that began with the American War for Independence and includes any documents and discoveries past and present that shed more light on the life of the Marquis.
www.friendsoflafayette.wildapricot.org
The American Friends of Lafayette is an organization aware of the ideals of this great French visionary leader, the inspirational quality of his remarkable career, his contributions to our own struggle for liberty, and his ceaseless efforts to forge an eternal bond of friendship between the United States and France.
The goal of The American Friends of Lafayette is to foster and promote this traditional friendship by way of continual research into the history that began with the American War for Independence and includes any documents and discoveries past and present that shed more light on the life of the Marquis.
www.friendsoflafayette.wildapricot.org