Tag: Lafayette

  • My Favorite History: The Marquis de Lafayette (Part 4)

    My Favorite History: The Marquis de Lafayette (Part 4)

    Lafayette was due a major vacation and he decided now was the time to head home. There was a minor problem which needed to be dealt with, however. When he last left France, the king told him not to go. And he went anyway. Surely, there would be hell to pay when he returned. Nope,…

  • My Favorite History: The Marquis de Lafayette (Part 3)

    My Favorite History: The Marquis de Lafayette (Part 3)

    It was a legendary bromance that would echo through the ages. George Washington and the Marquis. It started like all great stories, at a pub. George was introduced to the Marquis and to say Lafayette was star struck would be underselling it. The Marquis was already completely taken with the American cause and Washington was…