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Tag Archives: The Marquis de Lafayette
Washington, Lafayette and the Bastille Key
Gentry George The Father of our Country was born into a prosperous Colonial Virginia family in 1732. His father owned substantial acreage plus successful business enterprises, but it paled compared to the thousands of acres of the much wealthier planters. … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Augustine Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Washington, General Lafayette, George Washington, George Washington high opinion of Lafayette, George Washington's father, history, King Louis XVI, Lafayette and the American Revolution, Lafayette and the French Revolution, Mount Vernon, Presidential history, The Bastille, The Estates General, the fall of the Bastille, The Marquis de Lafayette, The Rights of Man, Thomas Jefferson, US history
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James Armistead Lafayette: Revolutionary Spy
James… never in his youth used the surname Armistead. Trying to Trace the Untraceable Information It is a nearly impossible job to accurately delve into long-long-ago history when scant records were kept. It is all the harder when the information … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, American Revolution, Benedict Arnold, British General Cornwallis, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Charles Cornwallis, General George Washington, General Lafayette, history, James Armistead Lafayette, Manumission laws regarding slaves in Virginia, Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War spy James Armistead, The American war of Independence, The Marquis de Lafayette, US history, William Armistead of New Kent County
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Georges Washington Lafayette: Godson
The Family Lafayette The Marquis Gilbert (plus a slew of middle names) Motier de Lafayette was born in 1757, into one of the wealthiest aristocratic families in France. Orphaned as a toddler, he became a ward of the King, who … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrienne deLafayette, Ambassador James Monroe, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Washington, George Wahsington, Georges Washington Lafette, history, Lafayette and the French Revolution, Marquis de Lafayette, Mount Vernon, PResident George Washington, Presidential history, The American Revolution, The French Revolution, The Marquis de Lafayette, The Reign of Terror, Thomas Jefferson, US history
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George Washington and Lafayette: The Gifts
The orphaned boy and a childless father. The Orphaned Boy Gilbert de Motier, with a long string of additional names, but primarily the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), was orphaned as a toddler, and inherited a huge estate in Auvergne, France. … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Battle of Brandywine, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, General George Washington, George Washington, Georges Washington Lafayette, history, Lafayette, MArtha Washington, Mount Vernon, Presidential history, The American Revolution, The Battle of Yorktown, the key to the Bastille, The Marquis de Lafayette, US history
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Lafayette’s Sentimental Journey: 1824-25
The Marquis de Lafayette was only nineteen when he was appointed Major General in the American Continental Army. The Marquis: A Quick Background: The Marquis Gilbert (with a pile of middle names) de Lafayette (1757-1834) was one of the wealthiest … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Washington, General Lafayette, George Washington, history, Honoring Lafayette, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Lafayette and the American Revolution, Lafayette's visit to the US, President James Monroe, The Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson, US history
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George Washington and The Royal Gift
George Washington’s heart was never far from his beloved plantation GW: Planter George Washington made his considerable mark and everlasting fame as a soldier, but his dearest love was Mount Vernon, his Northern Virginia plantation, situated just a stone’s throw … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Washington, George Washington, George Washington as planter, George Washington mule breeder, George Washington's donkey Royal Gift, George Washington's plantation, history, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon plantation history, mules at Mount Vernon, Presidential history, Royal Gift, The Marquis de Lafayette, US history
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