Cape Girardeau Heritage Museum opens a new exhibit on Lafayette’s 1825 Mississippi River journey, featuring rare artifacts and local history tied to the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit 200 years ago.

In July 1825, Lafayette and his entourage moved into Lancaster. He stayed downtown at Henry Slaymaker’s Pennsylvania Arms ...

President James Monroe invited Lafayette to come to the United States to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the American Revolution. He was the last surviving general of that war, and his tour was so ...

The Louisiana State Museum proudly announces the opening of Bienvenue Lafayette, a new exhibition at The Cabildo, on Thursday ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — On Wednesday, April 9, the Cabildo State Museum hosted a celebration for the 200th anniversary of Marquis de Lafayette’s 1825 visit to New Orleans. One of the ways the ...

French Quarter Fest kicked off Thursday (April 10) in New Orleans’ most well-known neighborhood with dozens of performers, ...

Michael Halbert portrays the Marquis de Lafayette in events around the country celebrating the famous general's triumphant ...

The Frenchman now presenting himself to George Washington in the Colonial capital of Philadelphia was the 19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette, who was in America principally because he was enormously ...

Two centuries after his death, the descendants of the notorious Marquis de Sade have finally embraced their once-reviled relative. The French aristocrat scandalised his contemporaries with his ...

Parc International in downtown Lafayette is getting a facelift in preparation for Festival International de Louisiane, with additional upgrades planned for after the festival. Festival ...