Connecticut Lafayette Trail: Lafayette’s Bicentennial Tour of Connecticut in 2024

August 7- September 8, 2024 Connecticut Welcomes Lafayette – AGAIN! A statewide calendar of events in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette. In 1824-1825, as part of a nationwide tour of the United States, Revolutionary War General, Marquis de Lafayette, passed through Connecticut making stops in twenty-six towns along the route. Although fifty years had […]

Symposium: Revolutionary and Human Rights Champion: Lafayette and his Legacy: Fairfield University

Fairfield University 1073 N Benson Rd, Fairfield

September 7, 2024 Join The American Friends of Lafayette for a day-long symposium sponsored by Fairfield University at the Fairfield University Campus on Saturday, September 7, 2024. Registration and ticket information coming soon. Dr. Lloyd Kramer, History Professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Author of Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities […]

Talk: Lafayette in Norwalk: The Farewell Tour 1824-25

Norwalk Town House Museum 2 East Wall Street, Norwalk

Commemorating the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824 visit to Norwalk As a part of Lafayette’s Bicentennial Tour of Connecticut, the Norwalk Historical Society is collaborating with the Connecticut Bicentennial Committee to present Lafayette in Norwalk as part of The Connecticut Lafayette Trail, which is devoted to presenting information on the life of Marquis de Lafayette, his aid to America […]