Concord Committee of Arrangements for the Sept. 2, 1824 visit to Concord by the Marquis de Lafayette records, 1824.
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Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...
Concord (Mass.). Committee of Arrangements (1824)
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Soldier and statesman Lafayette (1757-1834), French hero of the American Revolution, invited by President Monroe to visit the United States, toured every state of the union during 1824-1825. He visited Lexington and Concord Sept. 2, 1824. A fifteen-member Committee of Arrangements was appointed in Concord to prepare for the occasion, which was marked by addresses and refreshments under an open tent and by a military parade. The celebration generated some ill-will toward the Committee, which some...
