Lafayette 200

Lafayette200 Walking Tour of Lancaster PA
2025-07-26 10:00 - 14:30, 2025-07-19 10:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
Description: Join knowledgeable tour guides for Lafayette200 Walking History Tours of Lancaster that highlight the city that Lafayette visited on his Farewell Tour in July 1825! Advanced reservations are required at least three days before the tours.

Time: 10 am and 1 pm (Tours last approximately one to one and a half hours)

Cost: $10 for 18 and over; $1 for 4-17; under 4 free.

Reservations/Payment: At least three days in advance of the tours.

There will be 2 sessions, one on July 19 and one on July 26

Where to Meet: Convention Center, 25 South Queen Street, Lancaster, PA 17603

Click HERE to register

Grave Marking: Aquila Deaver
2025-07-20 14:00 - 15:00 | Angel Hill Cemetery, 750 Ohio St, Havre de Grace, Maryland, 21078
Aquila Deaver was a soldier in the Maryland Militia during the American Revolution who reportedly assisted Lafayette when his boat foundered on rocks while crossing the Susquehanna River in April 1781. Local histories report that Deaver carried Lafayette to shore. Further, local stories say that Deaver stood in line to greet Lafayette when he stopped in Port Deposit on July 29, 1825, and that Lafayette remembered him and greeted him warmly. In 1835, Deaver was buried on his farm in Darlington, MD, but his remains were moved to Angel Hill Cemetery in 1898 and reinterred in a section of the cemetery reserved for the graves of Union veterans of the Civil War. The Governor William Paca Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will place a plaque on the grave of Aquila Deaver honoring his service during the Revolution.

Open to all, no charge

Angel Hill Cemetery, 750 Ohio St, Havre De Grace, MD 21078

For information contact Carol Anne Powers, carolawp61@gmail.com.

Symposium: Lafayette: Human Rights Champion
2025-07-14 10:30 - 13:30 | Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave, Whippany, 07981, United States
Symposium: Lafayette: Human Rights Champion
Featured speakers will be Lafayette experts:
Alan Hoffman, president of the American Friends of Lafayette
Diane Shaw, Curator Emerita of the Lafayette Collections at Lafayette College.
Ticketed event and open to the public free of charge.
Click HERE to register

Bicentennial of Lafayette's Farewell Tour Visits Morristown, NJ
2025-07-12 12:00 - 2025-07-14 15:00 | Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave, Whippany, 07981, United States
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

www.nps.gov/morr

Lafayette: Music for the Marquis
2025-07-08 19:00 - 20:00 | Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave, Whippany, 07981, United States
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Lafayette: Music for the Marquis

Morris County Library
30 East Hanover Avenue
Whippany, NJ 07981
Phone: 973-285-6934
This program explores the life of the Marquis de Lafayette, from his early years in the French court to his heroic role in the American Revolution. The show alternates between captivating historical narrative and live musical performances on the violin and hammered dulcimer, featuring songs from both the American and French Revolutions, as well as compositions created specifically for Lafayette’s triumphant return to the United States in 1824-25. The performance also includes a poignant World War I anthem, “We’ll Pay Our Debt to Lafayette,” underscoring his enduring legacy. With the addition of a limberjack dressed as Lafayette, the program brings both music and history together in a heartfelt tribute to this French-American hero.
Time: 7 pm
Admission: Free

Lafayette and the Gilded Age Symposium
2025-07-05 14:00 - 16:30 | Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, New York, NY, 10004, United States
Saturday, July 5, 2025 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, New York, NY, 10004
Join us for an afternoon of special programming exploring 19th century New York! Hear from speakers on topics including the Marquis de Lafayette’s return to America early in the century, immigration to New York, and the Gilded Age as we join cultureNOW’s IT HAPPENED HERE program to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the founding of New York.
This program will feature a lecture by Mike Duncan, one of the foremost history podcasters in the world and the author of Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution.
In 1824-25, the Marquis de Lafayette toured the United States of America, visiting every state in the union. During that time, he saw what America had become since the War of Independence—reveling in America’s accomplishments since the Revolution, but also confronting the work still left to be done.
Additional speakers to come!*
This lecture will take place in-person and via Zoom.
Tickets
General Admission | $35
Reserved Seating | $50
Virtual Only | $10
Buy tickets HERE

Exhibit: The Life and Legacy of the Marquis de Lafayette
2025-07-01 - 2025-07-31
Dates: July 1st-July 31st
Location: South Burlington Public Library Art Gallery
In July 2025 the South Burlington Library will be exhibiting The Life and Legacy of The Marquis de Lafayette, a six-banner traveling exhibit developed by the American Friends of Lafayette. The banners tell the important stories of Lafayette’s life and legacy including his American Revolution participation, his critical role in cementing the Franco-American Alliance, and his lifelong passion for human rights. This history is shared through historic images, carefully researched label copy, and engaging graphic design. Additionally, there is a panel focused on his return as Guest of the Nation in 1824-1825, and the efforts of the American Friends of Lafayette to commemorate this bicentennial in 2024-2025. This exhibit strives to make Lafayette’s story more accessible and relevant to today’s citizens.

South Burlington Traveling Exhibit
2025-07-01 - 2025-07-31
South Burlington—July 1-31—The town library at 180 Market Street will be exhibiting The Life and Legacy of The Marquis de Lafayette, a six-banner traveling exhibit developed by the American Friends of Lafayette. The banners tell the important stories of Lafayette’s life and legacy including his American Revolution participation, his critical role in cementing the Franco-American Alliance, and his lifelong passion for human rights. This history is shared through historic images,
carefully researched label copy, and engaging graphic design. Additionally, there is a panel focused on his return as Guest of the Nation in 1824-1825, and the efforts of the American Friends of Lafayette to commemorate this bicentennial in 2024-2025. This exhibit strives to make Lafayette’s story more accessible and relevant to today’s citizens.

Lafayette is welcomed by Burlington, VT
2025-06-29 18:00 - 21:00
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm entry – ECHO Museum , 1 College St, Burlington
Burlington waterfront — 6:00-9:00 pm Join us for a dinner cruise on Lake Champlain to celebrate the last official event of Lafayette’s 1824/5 farewell tour. Our cruise on the Spirit of Ethan Allen will be lots of fun, come rain or shine!
Tickets for the cruise with Lafayette must be purchased directly from the Spirit of Ethan Allen for $64 or $69 (window seating). Go to www.soea.com
 Click on Check Availability in the upper right-hand corner.
 Click on Dinner Cruise
 Click on Sounds of Summer Dinner Cruise
 Click on June 29 on the calendar in the upper right corner.
 Click on 6:30 PM Sounds of summer Dinner Cruise, below the calendar
 Choose your seating option. Pick the option and indicate the number of adults or children.
 Scroll down and complete additional information: Where it says “Is there another party you would like to sit with?”, enter Lafayette 200 group. Continue, and put in all required information, including contact information and payment details.
 Click Complete and pay
 If you have any questions or difficulties with online reservations, call 802-862-8300 and ask for Darren.
The cruise departs at 6:30 pm, but we are requested to gather as a group at 6:00 pm near the ECHO museum on the waterfront.

Lafayette is welcomed by Burlington, VT
2025-06-29 14:00 - 15:00
After meeting with old soldiers and the public downtown at city hall park, Lafayette travelled up to UVM to lay the cornerstone for the new Old Mill building, which was destroyed by fire a year earlier. Lafayette had lain the cornerstone for the massive Bunker Hill Monument in Boston just eleven days earlier. He, and many Burlington dignitaries, were members of the Masonic Fraternity. One of the well-known public ceremonies that Freemasons perform is the consecration of a cornerstone as it is being laid during the construction of a new building. The Grand Lodge of Vermont will be performing this ceremony to commemorate Lafayette’s action 200 years ago, at what is now the historic Old Mill building on the UVM campus at 26 University Place. Local musician/singer Matt Van Wagner will open the ceremony with a rendition of La Marseillaise to recognize the importance of the French
legacy Lafayette left for America. UVM past president Dan Fogel will welcome guests and reprise the 1825 address given to Lafayette by then UVM president Willard Preston. Guests will then be invited to a brief ceremony at the unique Marquis de Lafayette statue which has adorned the green for over a hundred years, followed by a reception in the nearby Waterman Building at 85 South Prospect Street recognizing Lafayette’s lifetime achievements. The public is encouraged to attend! Parking will be in the lot adjacent to Waterman on College Street or behind the Fleming Museum on 61 Colchester Avenue.

Lafayette is welcomed by Winooski, Vermont's Farmer's Market
2025-06-29 11:30 - 14:00
Winooski—11:45 am French Heritage Day
Winooski Farmers Market (20 Winooski Falls Way, Winooski, VT 05404)
Sunday, June 29th, 10 am-2 pm
Now in its 20th year, French Heritage Day celebrates Vermont’s rich French history and heritage, as well as Québecois culture. The celebration features: live French music, guest market vendors with French-inspired goods, a French Bread and Pouding Chomeur baking contest, kids and professional Waiter Races, a visit from Revolutionary War General Marquis de Lafayette, Plein Air painting, Petanque lawn games, local history and genealogy resources, and French language speaking, all in addition to a full farmers market. The Heritage Winooski Mill Museum will be open in the Champlain Mill.
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Lafayette is welcomed by Essex Junction, VT
2025-06-29 11:00 - 11:30
Cemetery, 32-36 Main St, Essex Junction
Essex Junction — 11:00 am Although Lafayette did not stop in Essex in 1825, he will stop by for a re-enactment and wreath-laying in the village cemetery for David Day II. Sergeant Day had served with Lafayette in the pivotal Yorktown campaign of 1781, which sealed the American victory. Join us graveside for the emotional story of their reunion in Burlington, where Day presented the sword given to him by Lafayette almost fifty years earlier. Participating in honoring Essex’s Revolutionary War soldiers will be the Burlington Chapter of the DAR and staff
from the Josiah Day House in West Springfield, Massachusetts, the town where David Day II enlisted in 1780 at age 22.

Lafayette is welcomed by Williston, VT
2025-06-29 10:15 - 10:45
Williston — 10:15 am The Williston Historical Society is excited to host Julien Icher of the Lafayette Trail, Inc. (a leading expert on the topic) and a General Lafayette actor (of Lafayette 200 in Vermont) to celebrate the unveiling of the Lafayette trail marker on the Williston Village Green (7773 Williston Rd, Williston, VT 05495) in honor of Lafayette’s reception in Williston on the same day in 1825. The event will last approximately 30 minutes and include remarks from the various stakeholders involved in the preparation of this historic occasion.
In conformity with the spirit of republican education championed by Lafayette in his time to promote a greater understanding by Americans of the ideals of freedom and democratic equality upon which their nation was founded, the event will be FREE OF CHARGE AND OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
We find comfort in knowing that once installed and dedicated, this monument will tell the story of Lafayette’s connection to Williston and Vermont and educate younger Americans about its meaning, thereby fulfilling Lafayette’s political goal of institutionalizing freedom across generations in the United States.

Lafayette is welcomed by Waterbury, VT
2025-06-29 09:45 - 10:00
Waterbury — 9:45 am The Waterbury Historical Society will greet Lafayette at the home of Governor Ezra Butler, 73 North Main Street (Route 2), where Lafayette stopped briefly in 1825. Butler succeeded Governor Van Ness in 1826, but was a friend and an influential member of the Vermont House of Representatives when Lafayette and Van Ness stopped by. Ezra and his daughter Fanny will toast the General, and there will be information about the visit, baked goods, and era-appropriate libations.

Lafayette is welcomed by Montpelier, VT
2025-06-29 08:30 - 09:30
Bethany Church, 115 Main St, Montpelier
Montpelier — 8:30 am Due to the late hour of Lafayette’s arrival the night before, a meeting with the ladies of Montpelier was postponed until the next morning. It might not have happened but for the persistence of Sarah Isham Watrous, who may have been one of only two women to have formally addressed Lafayette on the entire tour. Their moving words will be re-enacted at the Bethany Church on Main Street, site of the original meeting. Although the old brick church from 1820 is gone, the current church retains a Paul Revere bell, also dating from
1825. The public is invited to the morning meeting, but now (as then), only the women will be offering their welcome to General Lafayette before he leaves for his next stop on the way to Burlington. This meeting was the beginning of the last day of the official visit, which had begun in June of 1824!

Lafayette is welcomed by Montpelier, VT
2025-06-28 16:00 - 17:00
History Museum, 109 State St, Montpelier
Montpelier — 4:00 pm Montpelier will welcome General Lafayette in front of the Vermont Supreme Court, which was the site of the first statehouse (1808). The welcome will include re-enactments of the speeches given in 1825 and a brief history of the first statehouse by curator David Schutz, where Lafayette spoke from the balcony of the old wooden building. Invitees include Governor Scott and US Senator Peter Welch to address Lafayette. The welcome will be followed by a reception next door at the Vermont History Museum, featuring a talk by historian Alan Hoffman, who translated the original detailed account of the farewell tour from French to
English, which was published by Lafayette’s secretary August Levasseur. Lafayette will then receive a private tour of the current statehouse, which will be open along with the museum during the day for public enjoyment.

Lafayette is welcomed by Barre, VT
2025-06-28 15:00 - 15:30
Barre — 3:00 pm Lafayette stopped in South Barre to change horses and escort for his evening in nearby Montpelier at a tavern owned by Major Ira Day, who also co-owned the turnpike to Williamstown that Lafayette travelled on. The exact location of the tavern is in question, but the Vermont History Center and Library will receive and welcome General Lafayette outdoors at the historic Spaulding school building at 60 Washington Street (Route 302) in Barre. The public is invited to visit and view the new research and exhibition gallery, which contains hundreds of items, including mementos from Lafayette’s 1825 visit, during regular museum hours, Tuesday-Friday.

Lafayette is welcomed by Brookfield, VT
2025-06-28 14:15 - 14:45
Brookfield — 2:15 pm Lafayette passed through Brookfield, East Randolph, and Randolph Center on his way to Montpelier. This part of the journey will be celebrated at Hippo Park near the floating bridge in Brookfield, located on Sunset Lake on Vermont Route 65. If inclement weather, we will move inside to the Brookfield old town hall.

Lafayette is welcomed by Royalton, VT
2025-06-28 13:30 - 14:00
Church , 58 Bridge St South, Royalton
Royalton — 1:30 pm In Royalton, Lafayette was met by 103 members of the Tunbridge Cavalry Company to escort him to town. At the current Lafayette marker on Route 14, Royalton will welcome General Lafayette; in case of inclement weather, the meeting will be in the former St. Paul’s Episcopal Church building next to the marker.

Lafayette is welcomed by Barnard, VT
2025-06-28 12:45 - 13:15
Royalton Turnpike at Sayer Road, Barnard
East Barnard — 12:45 pm The Barnard, Vermont segment of the bicentennial commemoration of Marquis De Lafayette’s tour will take place on June 28, 2025, 12:45-1:15 at the original stop on the tour, the Aikin Stand. There was no formal activity at this site. The Barnard Selectboard spread word that the Lafayette coach was to stop at the Aikin stand to water the horses and change the team. Town and family lore reports that 1000 people walked or rode to the Stand to see him. He was greeted by the selectboard while he “stretched his legs”. Since there is no ceremony to recreate, the Barnard Historical Society is using this stop to demonstrate what his contribution to the United States produced. He will be met by people wearing costumes from any period since 1825. There will be at least one “Votes for Women” sash, possibly a Civil War soldier.
The selectboard will greet him and introduce themselves, Yankee Doodle will be played, and a three-gun salute. The event will conclude with a loud “hurrah” as Lafayette departs for the next engagement.

Lafayette is welcomed by Woodstock, VT
2025-06-28 10:30 - 12:00
Woodstock — 10:30 am In Woodstock, Vermont, there will be a Lafayette celebration on the lawn in front of the Woodstock History Center, which is located at 26 Elm Street. The event will begin around 11 am with brief historical speeches by re-enactors portraying Titus Hutchinson and the Revolutionary War hero Lafayette, followed by “toasts” for all with non-alcoholic, historic drinks, such as cider and switchel. For children and the young-at-heart, there will be a craft activity where they can decorate a cup using the same imagery and designs that were on the cup used by Lafayette when he visited Woodstock and had a drink at the local tavern, Barker’s Hotel. There will also be a small pop-up exhibit about Mary Grace Canfield, a Woodstock historian who wrote a book about Lafayette’s Vermont tour in 1934, 100 years after his death in 1834. Her thorough research has provided the basis for many of the Lafayette bicentennial activities that will be taking place this year in Vermont. There will also be opportunities for attendees to interact and socialize with “Lafayette” and ask him questions about his life and tour through America. For those wishing to see firsthand the sites that Lafayette visited while in Woodstock, the History Center will distribute a self-guided walking tour map, replete with historic photographs. Additionally, the Woodstock History Center will have its museum open, free of charge, so that guests can view the museum’s collections, including a new exhibit that features samplers that have connections to the Revolutionary War.

Lafayette is welcomed by Hartland, VT
2025-06-28 09:00 - 10:00
Sumner Mansion, 4 Station Rd, Hartland
Hartland — 9:00 am Lafayette travelled in a carriage, or barouche, provided by David Sumner of
Hartland. Sumner was a businessman who built a beautiful home where Lafayette may have
stopped to pay his respects on the way from Windsor to Woodstock. The current owners of the
Sumner mansion will sponsor a reception honoring the visit. Town histories mention that
Hartland schoolchildren all learned about Lafayette’s visit for many years afterward.

Lafayette is welcomed by Windsor, VT
2025-06-28 07:30 - 08:30
Old South Church Cemetery, 1798 Mains St, Windsor

The Windsor & West Windsor Historical Societies welcome Lafayette to Vermont!
Morning Procession – 7:30 AM

Commencing at 7:30 AM, a carriage carrying Lafayette will make its journey across the Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge making its way to Main Street.
Attendees are encouraged to gather along designated viewing areas to witness this symbolic crossing, welcoming General Lafayette to Windsor!

Wreath-Laying Ceremony – 8:00 AM

Immediately following the procession, a wreath-laying ceremony will be conducted by the Daughters of the American Revolution at Old South Church cemetery.
The ceremony will conclude with brief historical remarks commemorating the Bicentennial.

Community Breakfast – 8:15 AM

The morning’s events will culminate in a community gathering with breakfast at the Windsor Elks Club at 156 Main Street beginning at 8:15 AM.

Voluntary donations gladly accepted!

Lafayette is welcomed by Cornish, NH
2025-06-27 18:30 - 20:00

Lafayette is welcomed by Claremont, NH
2025-06-27 17:00 - 17:30

Lafayette is welcomed by Newport, NH
2025-06-27 15:00 - 16:30

Lafayette is welcomed by Bradford, NH
2025-06-27 13:00 - 14:30

Lafayette is welcomed by Warner, NH
2025-06-27 11:00 - 12:30

Lafayette is welcomed by Hopkinton, NH
2025-06-27 09:00 - 10:30
