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Lafayette’s Victory Lap through Greenwich

August 19, 2024 @ 10:00 am 12:00 pm

Greenwich, CT: The Greenwich Historical Society in partnership with the Horseneck DAR, and the Alliance Française of Greenwich, will host “Lafayette” as they commemorate the day 200 years ago (August 20, 1824), when Lafayette visited Greenwich.

  • Meet & take photos with a Marquis de Lafayette re-enactor
  • Keynote remarks by Chuck Schwam, Executive Director of the American Friends of Lafayette
  • Descendant Virginie de Lafayette
  • Proclamation by Fred Camillo
  • Period music
  • French pastries
  • Student exhibit
  • A film
  • Archival information on Lafayette’s tour in Greenwich

Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Road, Cos Cob, CT. Free admission, but registration requested here: https://greenwichhistory.org/event/lafayette-200/

For other events in Connecticut, visit www.lafayettecttrail.org