Lafayette, Marquis de

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1. A French nobleman, political leader, and general of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Enthusiastic for the ideals of the American Revolutionary War, Lafayette served as a general in the American army during the Revolutionary War, fighting alongside his friend George Washington at the Battle of Yorktown and elsewhere. On returning to France, he was active in the early stages of the French Revolution.

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A United States Army officer, speaking at the tomb of Lafayette after United States forces had arrived in support of France in World War I, said, “Lafayette, we are here.” He meant that the United States, in aiding France in the war, was returning the favor that Lafayette and the French had done for the United States in the Revolutionary War. The officer is sometimes identified as General John Pershing.

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Lafayette, Marquis de

Lafayette, Marquis de, entertained by John Edgar, 193; mention, 209.

From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Arthur Clinton Boggess

Lafayette, Marquis de, interest of American visitors in things relating to.

From My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 by Mary Alsop King Waddington

Lafayette, Marquis de, visits the United States, 258; death of, 339.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various

Lafayette, Marquis de, arrival in America, 345;operations in Virginia, 385;expressions of Washington to, as to necessity of naval help, 397, 400;associations of his name to Americans, 501.

From The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Lafayette, Marquis de, French general and statesman, 28, 54, 237.

From Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root by Robert Bacon