Milledgeville honors anniversary of Lafayette’s Farewell Tour

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  • Baldwin County Board of Commissioners Chairman Andrew Strickland shakes hands with Lafayette re-enactor Charles Wissinger after reading the proclamation deeming March 26 “Lafayette’s Farewell Tour of Georgia” Day. CONTRIBUTED
    Baldwin County Board of Commissioners Chairman Andrew Strickland shakes hands with Lafayette re-enactor Charles Wissinger after reading the proclamation deeming March 26 “Lafayette’s Farewell Tour of Georgia” Day. CONTRIBUTED
  • L-R: GMC Senior Vice President and Superintendent of Cadet Crop Nelson Kraft, Milledgeville Mayor Mary Parham-Copelan, Lafayette re-enactor Charles Wissinger, Governor Troup re-enactor Rick Joslyn, GCSU President Cathy Cox, and Executive Director of American Friends of Lafayette Chuck Schwam look on as the National Anthem and French National Anthem are played. CONTRIBUTED
    L-R: GMC Senior Vice President and Superintendent of Cadet Crop Nelson Kraft, Milledgeville Mayor Mary Parham-Copelan, Lafayette re-enactor Charles Wissinger, Governor Troup re-enactor Rick Joslyn, GCSU President Cathy Cox, and Executive Director of American Friends of Lafayette Chuck Schwam look on as the National Anthem and French National Anthem are played. CONTRIBUTED
    Dr. Jeff Wells, vice president of online academics and professor of history at Georgia Military College serves as chairman of the Baldwin County Lafayette Bicentennial Celebration Committee, which hosted the 200th Anniversary Celebration of General Lafayette’s visit to Milledgeville on Wednesday, March 26.Gilbert du Motier, known as the Marquis de Lafayette, was a French nobleman and m...

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