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- May 23, 2024
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City Unveils Marker Commemorating Lafayette’s Visit

Fredericksburg is now officially part of The Lafayette Trail. Long after the parties and celebrations commemorating the bicentennial of the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824 visit to Fredericksburg are over, the marker unveiled in front of the Fredericksburg Area Museum on Thursday will remain. A historic marker is a physical anchor to the past, which to […]

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- April 4, 2024
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Lafayette Celebration Continues with Free Lecture Thursday Evening

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT There’s an opportunity on Thursday to attend not one, but two free lectures on Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette—better known as the Marquis de Lafayette or, as he would prefer to be called, General Lafayette. On Thursday morning at 10 a.m., Craig Vasey will […]

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- April 1, 2024
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Washington Heritage Museums to Host Two Events this Week Celebrating Lafayette

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT In 1781, the Marquis de Lafayette was on his way to meet with George Washington in Annapolis, Maryland, when he decided to make a detour, disobeying Washington’s orders. “He went miles and miles out of his way to come to Fredericksburg to visit Mary Washington,” said Craig Vasey, a […]

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- March 14, 2024
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Bringing Lafayette’s Journeys to Life

A University of Mary Washington student and a professor have created a map featured at the Fredericksburg Area Museum showcasing the travels of Lafayette in America. by Lisa Chinn MarvashtiUNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON University of Mary Washington senior Brooke Prevedel and Professor of Geography Steve Hanna spent more than 100 hours making the map at the center of a new Fredericksburg Area Museum […]

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- March 13, 2024
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Bonne fête de Lafayette

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the great generals visit to the U.S. Celebrate his day, and learn more about this American hero throughout the year. Lafayette Day – celebrated each year on March 14 in Virginia – commemorates this day in 1781, when Major General Marquis de Lafayette landed at Yorktown to launch […]

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