Or as the Marquis de Lafayette jested to his son Georges Washington, “this is Mr. Morse, the painter, the son of the geographer; he has come to Washington to take the topography of my face.” ...

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 ...

Edwards’ brother, local civil rights leader Virginius Thornton III, worked for years to try to get a postage stamp that included Lafayette’s portrait. Thornton died in 2015, and Edwards said ...

The Marquis de Lafayette, or at least a highly regarded facsimile of him, will address French Quarter Festival early birds in Jackson Square on Saturday, April 12, the culmination of a long ...

Maj. Gen. Lafayette, a portrait from 1782. The Lafayette Trail sign for Lafayette’s Tour at River and First streets in Troy, with the Hudson River in the background. Tiller’s Lafayette badge.

The moment you walk into the Cabildo State Museum, you’ll be greeted by French Aristocrat and Major General Marquis de Lafayette. “At the base of the stairs, there is a talking portrait of ...