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Connecticut Lafayette Trail: Lafayette’s Bicentennial Tour of Connecticut in 2024
August 7
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 passed since the close of the Revolutionary War, Lafayette was still revered by Americans and was greeted by thousands of citizens hoping to get a glimpse of the hero as he traveled through the state. Most historians believe that America could not have won the war without the help of the young French General and yet many Americans today know little about him. We hope that the efforts of our committee will educate and remind Connecticut residents of the life and work of this remarkable man.
Lafayette visited 28 CT Towns in 1824 – click below to learn what happened in each town!
