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Lafayette’s Victory Lap through Greenwich

August 19, 2024 @ 10:00 am12:00 pm

FREE

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

 

Details

Date:
August 19, 2024
Time:
10:00 am–12:00 pm
Cost:
FREE
Website:
https://greenwichhistory.org/event/lafayette-200/

Venue

Greenwich Historical Society
47 Strickland Road
Cos Cob, Connecticut 06807
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Phone
(203) 869-6899
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