FREE COMMUNITY EVENT CELEBRATING MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE’S VISIT TO NEW ROCHELLE AUGUST 1824

Celebrate Lafayette 200! A Living History Extravaganza
August 18, 2024, 11-3 pm Ruby Dee Park New Rochelle Library Green,
NY

11 am – 3 pm

• Arts & Crafts
• Food Trucks
• Selfie Station – Revolutionary War Costumes, Tribute to Lafayette
• Children’s Petting Zoo
• Historical Reenactors
• Blacksmith, Midwifery, Soldiers, Spinning Wheel, Baker, Woodworking, Children’s Games & Music
• American Friends of Lafayette traveling panels will be displayed in the New Rochelle Public Library Lobby.

New Rochelle Public Library

• Lafayette exhibit featuring the artwork of local summer campers
• Panels depicting the close connection between New Rochelle resident Thomas Paine and Lafayette, and the New Rochelle historical connection.

Tables

• Friends of the Ward House, Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association, Alliance Française du Westchester, NY, Huguenot Masonic Lodge No. 46 – more being added each day

12 pm
The Marquis de Lafayette arrives to a 19-gun salute, bells ringing
accompanied by emissaries from New Rochelle, Gideon Coggeshall and Laird
M. H. Butler. Greeted by the sounds of Charles Dickerson Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps

12:15 pm Main Stage
New Rochelle Mayor Ramos-Herbert issues a proclamation declaring August 18th Lafayette Day.
Words of Response by Marquis de Lafayette. Remarks by Historians Barbara Davis & Lee Justo and Local Dignitaries. Songcatchers presents Patriotic Songs of the Revolution Charles Dickerson Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps

1-1:45 pm
Marquis de Lafayette will be at our selfie station for photos and a
special Q&A session.

1:30 pm Main Stage
Legendary and Master storyteller, Jonathan Kruk, will bring the Revolutionary War era, 1824, and Lafayette & New Rochelle to life. Program subject to change

Sponsored by
Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association, New Rochelle Public
Library and City of New Rochelle
National Partner – American Friends of Lafayette
Local Partners – The Thomas Paine National Historical Association, New Rochelle
Chamber of Commerce, The Sister City Initiative – New Rochelle, The Lincoln
Park Conservancy, New Rochelle Parks & Recreation, Westchester County, Iona
University