Tennessee State Museum February 4 – June 15, 2025 During the American Revolution, the Marquis de Lafayette of France volunteered to fight in the Continental Army. His service became a symbol of the alliance between France and the burgeoning United States. Lafayette became a trusted army officer and a valued friend of George Washington. In 1824... Read more »
Campus Martius Museum is proud to partner with the American Friends of Lafayette on Lafayette 200, the Commemoration of the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to the United States in 1824-25. The Marquis visited Marietta on May 23, 1825. Join us in Marietta on May 23, 2025, for our commemoration, and throughout the month of May... Read more »
Lafayette Traveling Exhibit Pellitier Library Allegheny College April 14 to May 2, 2025 On June 2, 1825, Lafayette spoke on the steps of the partially completed Bentley Hall at Allegheny College, Meadville PA, where he reminisced about his friend George Washington who took the same route from Pittsburgh to Fort LeBoeuf in 1753. Then the... Read more »
Discover the rich history of Illinois as we honor the heroic Marquis de Lafayette! Join us on April 27, 1:30 p.m. at the Liberty Bell of the West & Immaculate Conception Church in Kaskaskia Village, Illinois, for a special celebration of the courageous patriot who played a vital role in securing America's Independence. Don't miss this opportunity to... Read more »
Date & Time April 27, 2025 @ 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Contact Information Name: Public Programs Email: Public.Programs@tn.gov In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette having come to Nashville during his farewell tour of the United States, Nashville Opera will present a program featuring French operatic music from popular operas such as Bizet’s CARMEN,... Read more »
POSTPONED TO JULY 27TH David and Ginger Hildebrand have chosen pieces from period sources to create a historical music program to commemorate the anniversary of Lafayette’s Farewell Tour. These pieces were works composed to mark important events, songs enjoyed by citizens, officers, and soldiers alike, dance tunes of the period, military ballads, and airs and... Read more »
Rotunda, Lexington Central Library, Joint Exhibit of the Library and Lexington History Museum depicting how Lexington would have appeared to LaFayette in 1825, supported by local memorabilia and traveling exhibit panels supplied by American Friends of LaFayette. Coordinator: Doug Tattershall/dtattershall@lexpublib.org
Friday, May 2, Noon, Campus Martius Museum Discovering History Speaker Series Alan Hoffman, President of The American Friends of Lafayette – “Lafayette and Human Rights” This event is FREE and Open to the Public.
May 2, Brownsville, TN 1 pm: DAR Program and reception with Lafayette First Presbyterian Church, 109 W. College St, Brownsville, TN 38012
May 3, The Hermitage, 9 am to 5 pm, multiple events. DAR, SAR, and Lafayette taking part, 4580 Rachel’s Lane, Nashville, TN 37076 May 4, TN State Museum, 1 to 5 pm, tour with Lafayette, 1000 Rosa Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, The Tennessee State Museum May 5, Nashville City Cemetery Tour, 1 pm, 1001... Read more »
Andrew Jackson's Hermitage is excited to be a stop on the American Friends of Lafayette's commemoration of The Farewell Tour in Tennessee! Join us on Saturday, May 3, 2025, for a day filled with historic activities, including an opening balcony talk, lectures throughout the day on Lafayette's significance, historic games, and more!
Sunday, May 4, The Betsey Mills Club French-themed Fun—Come to learn some French or practice your French with native French Speakers. Play games, make cockades, and more! (This event is still in the planning stages – email us if you’d like to help: christy@mariettamuseums.org) This event is FREE and Open to the Public.
May 6, Clarksville, TN, 5 pm, visit Lafayette at Downtown Commons, 251 Legion St, Clarksville, TN 37040 then walk a block and eat dinner. May 6, Clarksville, eat dinner downtown Clarksville. May 6, Clarksville, Cumberland Winds Concert, 7 pm, First Presbyterian Church, 213 Main Street, period and French music with Lafayette talk. More info: Invitation... Read more »
We will be celebrating Lafayette's stop in Shawneetown, Illinois on May 9th, 2025. Plays, Concerts, and demonstrations are being planned. 10:00 am. to 8:00 pm.
Event # 2: Friday, May 9, 2025, at 10:00 am CT. SHIPWRECK REENACTMENT The American Friends of Lafayette and the Masonic Lodge #623 are having a 200th year reenactment event at Lafayette Spring where the Steamboat “Mechanic” sank carrying General Lafayette on that fateful night, 200 years ago. A ceremony will be held at 10:00am CT... Read more »
Lafayette’s Arrival at Old Portland Wharf Saturday, May 10, 2025. 12 pm-3 pm 3500 Rudd Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky Free & open to the public Re-enactment which commemorates Lafayette’s arrival in Portland, Dry and unharmed by the shipwreck before arriving in Louisville in 1825. Includes a color guard, the playing of the National Anthem and La... Read more »
This is a ticketed reception at Keene Place, 4101 Versailles Road, Lexington, Kentucky 40510, commemorating LaFayette's visit to the home of John and Polly Keene on the evening before he entered Lexington, and recognizing Elizabeth Stoll, a descendant of John Keene and author of "LaFayette Slept Here, History of the Keene Family in Lexington". Tickets... Read more »
Convocation at LaFayette High School discussing the importance of LaFayette to the cause of American liberty, his historic visit to Lexington in 1825, and the naming of LaFayette High School in his honor in 1939. Coordinator: Dale Henley/dalehenley8848@gmail.com
The setting of a historical marker at Gratz Park in Lexington, formerly the location of Transylvania University, which hosted LaFayette upon his arrival in Lexington, and salute to LaFayette as the namesake of Fayette County in the Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government Center in Lexington. Contact: Coordinator: Susan Straub/sstraub@lexingtonky.gov
The LaFayette Dinner with notable French and American guest speakers hosted by the LaFayette Chapter, SAR, and local DAR chapters, with recognition of the High School Essay Contest Winners, and musical entertainment courtesy of the University of Kentucky Music Department playing original musical compositions written especially to honor LaFayette. More information on the menu and... Read more »
BEING LAFAYETTE PRESENTATION & SEMINAR BY NOEL POIRIER 17 May 2025 (Time TBA) – Bossard Library, 7 Spruce Street, Gallipolis, OH From downtown Gallipolis, a city founded by the French, comes an event you won’t want to miss featuring noted historian and author Noel Poirier. Poirier is a noted historian and author with over 20... Read more »
Commemorative Events: May 18, 2025, @ 2:00 pm– 6:00 pm at Georgetown and Scott County Museum, 229 E. Main Street. Free and open to the public The Georgetown and Scott County Museum, in partnership with: -The American Friends of Lafayette -Georgetown/Scott County Tourism Commission -Big Spring Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution -Scott County Public... Read more »
A Cincinnati-area Committee with representatives from multiple local and national organizations including Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, Free & Accepted Masons, Alliance Francaise de Cincinnati, Cincinnati History Library & Archives, American Friends of Lafayette, the Lafayette Trail, Inc, and others, have collaborated to Celebrate, Commemorate, and Educate about Lafayette and... Read more »
May 19, 2025 @ 11:00 am Welcome Lafayette at Riverfront Landing Historic Marker, Proceed to View Lafayette Artifacts at Masonic Center, Cincinnati, OH Riverfront Public Landing by the American Queen Paddle Wheel sculpture, followed by Cincinnati Masonic Center 317 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 Welcome Lafayette at the same place he was received in 1825!... Read more »
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 10:00 am Lafayette Day Ceremonies Union Club (Oak Room) 8 Park Street Place Boston, MA 02108 Presentation of the Colors by the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts National Anthems of the United States and France Welcome by Alan R. Hoffman, President of Massachusetts Lafayette Society Remarks by Mustafa Soykurt,... Read more »
LAFAYETTE BICENTENNIAL DAY 22 May 2025, 12:00 PM – Gallipolis City Park, 334 Second Avenue, Gallipolis, OH While enjoying an amazing view of the Ohio River in Gallipolis’s historic district, relive history with a reenactment of the arrival of Gen. Lafayette, as portrayed by the renowned Michael Halbert, and including Lafayette’s actual welcome speech as... Read more »
Visit beautiful & historic Marietta, Ohio. Marietta stands as the very first settlement in the Northwest Territory, and serves as the final resting place of many of General Lafayette's fellow Revolutionary War Soldiers. Join us for an unforgettable journey through history and natural beauty - all are welcome! Specific events and times to be announced... Read more »
LAFAYETTE DAY – FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2025 9:00-11:00 AM – Join the Marquis on a Brunch Cruise aboard the Valley Gem. This is a ticketed, paid event. Click here for more information. 11:00 AM – Welcome the Marquis at the Levee! Music, cannons, poetry, special words from special guests, a Proclamation from the Mayor, and more.... Read more »
An Afternoon with Lafayette in Wheeling, WV Saturday, May 24, 2025 Monument Place, Wheeling, WV 1:00 West Virginia University Fife & Drum 1:30 Lafayette arrives by Carriage 1:45 Lafayette program Following the presentation, there will be photo opportunities and a reception. FREE OF CHARGE
Lafayette Farewell Tour Concert Fort Ligonier Pennsylvania Thursday, May 29, 2025 The Fort Ligonier Museum and Fort will be celebrating Lafayette’s Farewell Tour to the Pittsburgh area with a Lafayette Concert with Lafayette period music and instruments by David and Ginger Hildebrand of the Colonial Music Foundation. Renowned music historians David and Ginger Hildebrand will... Read more »
Follow the crowds as they try to get a glimpse of the famous fighting Frenchman. At 9:00 am, welcome Lafayette as he crossed the Monongahela River to Brownsville Wharf. Honorary French Consul of Pittsburgh will welcome our guest. At 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Attend an exclusive luncheon hosted by the current Chamber of Commerce at the Brashear House.... Read more »
Hear the stories of townspeople as they reminisce of seeing Lafayette during his tour through Fayette County. The VFD Hall hosts reenactors and Lafayette. 12:00 pm - 2:00 PM Reenactors reminisce of seeing Lafayette in 1825 Mayor’s Proclamation presented to Lafayette Commemoration of Lafayette markers 1957 and 2022! Reception with Honorary French Consul of Pittsburgh... Read more »
Hop on a boat that joins a Flotilla up the Monongahela River. Sign up for the flotilla at 107 Market St., Elizabeth, PA - the VFD. 2:00 PM board on the dock right there, then we will disembark at McKees’s Point Marina, 501 Waters St, McKeesport, then carpool to Braddock’s Battlefield. There is a commemoration... Read more »
Maybe you'll join us on the flotilla that gets us here, or maybe you will meet us here at Braddock Battlefield History Center, North Braddock, PA 67-year-old Lafayette meets his future mentor, 23-year-old George Washington at Braddock Battlefield History Center, 609 Sixth St, North Braddock, PA starting about 4 PM. Commemoration of Lafayette Marker. Mayor’s Proclamation. Optional... Read more »
Premiere Event Arsenal Park, 276 39th Street, Pittsburgh, PA Arsenal Park: Pass in Review with Lafayette and Honorary French Consul of Pittsburgh Mathias Barlat. 10:30 AM - seating available 11:00 AM - Commanding General of the Pennsylvania National Guard inspects troup and a 30-piece marching band performs. 11:30 AM - An award for Lafayette will be presented... Read more »
Frick Fine Arts Building & Cloister 650 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 4:00 PM to 5:15 PM (seating at 3:30 PM). Honorary French Consul of Pittsburgh, Mathias Barlat will welcome the guests. Lafayette will share recollections and take questions from the audience. Sponsored by the French Cultural Center & Nationality Room, Cathedral of Learning. Lafayette Traveling... Read more »
