GOCHC to host “When General Lafayette Came to Georgia”

  • An artistic representation of Lafaryette titled Lafayette’s Baptism of Fire, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1909. COURTESY OF BRITANNICA
    An artistic representation of Lafaryette titled Lafayette’s Baptism of Fire, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1909. COURTESY OF BRITANNICA
    In March of 1825, the residents of Milledgeville paused to celebrate the birth of the nation and welcome Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de la Lafayette, the last surviving major-general of the America Revolution.The previous year, President James Monroe and Congress had issued an invitation to Lafayette to tour the 24 United States as the nation’s guest.Fifty year...

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