Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, ...

That’s Fayetteville, West Virginia for you – a pocket-sized paradise that somehow remains the Mountain State’s best-kept secret. Nestled in the heart of wild, wonderful West Virginia, Fayetteville ...

Today we recognize Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette was a French nobleman and a ...

A priceless golden pocket watch owned by a Frenchman who fought in the Revolutionary War, and is considered an honorary member of America's Founding Fathers, sold for less than a common Rolex at a ...

In celebration of New York State History and Archives Month, this episode follows the trail of the Marquis de Lafayette, the orphaned member of one of France’s oldest and wealthiest families who ...

Despite a chill in the air, big miles were still produced in the top trots at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon, Oct. 27. In the featured $35,211 Open Handicap Trot, Memorynimagination ($22.60), ...

The Marquis de Lafayette volunteered his service and assets — his heart and soul — to aid the American Revolution. The starry-eyed young Frenchman was commissioned by Congress as a major general in ...

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Two hundred years ago this month, the American nation, then nearing its 50th birthday, saw the conclusion of an extraordinary moment in its young life: the yearlong national tour of Gen. Lafayette, ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Charleston Southern University is now displaying a new marker to commemorate General Marquis Lafayette’s stop in Charleston. Lafayette stayed overnight at the house of ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The nineteen-year-old Marquis de Lafayette left France in 1777 and crossed the Atlantic to support the American ...

SALEM, N.H. — On June 21, 1825, in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Marquis de Lafayette – “Hero of Two Worlds” – stopped by Andover, swung through Methuen, ...