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On August 16, 1824, an elderly French gentlemen sailed into New York Harbor and giddy Americans were there to welcome him. Or, rather, to welcome him back. It had been 30 years since the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette had last set foot in the United States, and he was so beloved tha... Full description
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Lion's Gate Apartments tribute
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, > marquis de, > 1757-1834.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, > marquis de, > 1757-1834 > Influence.
Generals > France > Biography.
Statesmen > France > Biography.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, French.