La Fayette
Americannoun
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Born in 1757, the Marquis de La Fayette was a French aristocrat and a democratic revolution’s most unlikely hero.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Under a mission called La Fayette 26, the Charles de Gaulle will take part in several long-planned Nato exercises in the Baltic and in the Atlantic, off the coast of Norway.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
“The second floor was to house a statue of George Washington holding the Declaration of Independence, surrounded by La Fayette and other foreign allies.”
From Fox News ● May 22, 2019
Madame de La Fayette was born Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne in 1634 to a family of minor nobles who frequented the circle of Cardinal Richelieu, Louis XIII’s prime minister.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2017
I dogged it on through La Fayette and Morgan City and came in the early dawn to Houma, which is pronounced Homer and is in my memory one of the pleasantest places in the world.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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