Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13 @ 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

At the Dr. Lewis Condict House, also the headquarters of the Woman’s Club of Morristown at 51 South Street, is a display of  Lafayette art and artifacts from three serious collectors including Lafayette’s personal seal, a circa 1824-25 transfer ware teapot with a Lafayette themed scene and an oil painting of our favorite Frenchman that has been seen in three museums and the Fraunces Tavern in New York City. Light refreshments available. Within walking distance of the Morristown Green. You may even meet Dr. Condict on the front porch!

July 13, 2025 @ 12:00 noon to 3:30 pm

Parade and Events on The Green, Morristown, NJ 

The celebration begins at noon with historical, lineage and community partners set up to meet with the public. Featured activities include photo ops with Lafayette, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington at the Alliance statue. There will be children’s activities and crafts along with patriotic music.

A regimental parade with Lafayette begins at 1:15 with cannon fire, bell ringing, patriotic music by the Colonial Musketeers Senior Ancient Fife and Drum Corps and salutes to the General. There will be a reenactment of the welcome ceremony which took place 200 years ago. Ned Hector, a black Revolutionary War soldier, will comment on the Battle of Brandywine where Lafayette fought and was injured.

Members of the Baroque Orchestra of NJ will perform the world premiere of the “Lafayette Suite” by composer Robert Butts, a piece commissioned in honor of the Bicentennial Farewell tour.

Visitors will be able to view a display of historic flags, and veterans of all wars in attendance will be recognized and honored by the General. There will be food trucks and free ice cream samples.

If time allows, visitors to the area may stop by Morristown National Historical Park to view a Lafayette exhibit at the museum at 30 Washington Place-open 10 to 4.

All activities are free and open to the public.

July 13, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Ball at Sansay House (EVENT SOLD OUT)

In 1825 Monsieur Louis Sansay taught dance to the young people of Morristown at his Sansay Dance House. Upon Lafayette’s return on his Farewell Tour, local citizens feted him with a ball, for men only, at $3 a ticket.

On July 13, 2025, we reenact this ball at the c. 1806 Sansay House. The ball will feature recipes from Mrs. Louise Macculloch’s kitchen, who along with her daughter Mary Louisa, decorated the Sansay House with greens and flowers. There will be reenactors, the 13 Lafayette toasts, and a Regency-era dancing demonstration. A quartet from the Baroque Orchestra of NJ will play background music featuring compositions that Lafayette may have heard. Hosts will send out invitations in the spring. This event is closed.

July 14, 2025, 10: 30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave, Whippany NJ 07981

Symposium: Lafayette: Human Rights Champion
Featured speakers will be Lafayette experts Alan Hoffman, president of the American Friends of Lafayette, and Diane Shaw, Curator Emerita of the Lafayette Collections at Lafayette College.

Panelists include John C. Becica, author of Trail Tales: Chronicling Lafayette’s Adventures During His 1824-1825 Triumphal Tour of America, Pat Sanftner reenacting the role of a Quaker woman, and Leslie Bramlett reenacting the role of Hannah Till, the cook for General Washington. Questions from the audience are encouraged.

Click HERE to register for the symposium.

Ticketed event and open to the public free of charge.

Hotel information:

There is a block of rooms available at the Best Western Plus in Morristown for a group rate of $169 per night.

Click HERE for hotel booking. This rate will be held for 1 month prior to the event.

Other hotel options include the Westin Governor Morris Hotel and the Hyatt Regency Morristown.

Lafayette Exhibit on view now at Morristown National Historical Park

30 Washington Place, Morristown, NJ