Virtual Lecture: Dr. Richard Ingram : Why Lafayette Matters to Everyone Today.
On February 12th, 2025, at 7:30pm, Dr. Richard Ingram will be presenting: Why Lafayette Matters to Everyone Today. Dr. Ingram is the President of the Lafayette Alliance in LaGrange, Georgia […]
Virtual Lecture—Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution
Throughout his life, the marquis de Lafayette fought vehemently for personal freedoms. He advocated for women’s rights in America and civil rights for Protestants in France, and promoted respect for […]
Lafayette in Rhode Island
“The moment I heard of America, I lov’d her.” The Marquis de Lafayette wrote this in a letter from his camp near Warren, Rhode Island, on September 23, 1778.
Virtual Lunch Bite—A Portrait of Andrew Wallace, the “Savior of Lafayette” at Brandywine?
Historical Programs Manager Andrew Outten discusses a portrait of Revolutionary War veteran Andrew Wallace, painted by John Neagle in 1831, and examines the validity of Wallace’s claims to have aided […]
Virtual Webinar: Lafayette and the Farewell Tour Odyssey of an American Idol
General Lafayette, born the Marquis de Lafayette in Auvergne, France, was truly an American Idol in the 19th century. Today, several counties, cities, and towns, as well as streets […]
Lafayette in Rhode Island Events
What: Reenactment of Lafayette’s visit to Providence When: Friday, August 23, 2024 at 2PM Where: Grand Lodge of Rhode Island 222 Taunton Ave. East Providence Free and open to the […]
Battle of Rhode Island Association Awarded $150,000 Grant from RI Commerce
RI Commerce recently announced their grant recipients of federal funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
Virtual Lecture—A Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
Few in history can match the revolutionary career of the marquis de Lafayette. For over fifty incredible years at the heart of the Age of Revolution, he fought courageously […]
Virtual Lecture—The Marquis de Lafayette and his Farewell Tour
In 1824, the Marquis de Lafayette embarked on a tour of the United States, returning for a final time to the country he helped establish and whose democratic experiment he […]
Hopes and Disappointments Lafayette Recalls the Rhode Island Campaign
“Lafayette, on his visit to Rhode Island in 1824 told the late Mr. Zachariah Allen as he
rode with him in a carriage across the border from Connecticut – ‘In this state I have experienced
more sudden and extreme alternations of hopes and disappointments than during all the
vicissitudes of the American war.’”
