Lafayette’s Arrival at Old Portland Wharf

Name: Lafayette’s Arrival at Old Portland Wharf
Start: 2025-05-10T10:00:00-04:00
Location: 3500 Rudd Ave, Louisville, KY 40212-21ND, United States

Schedule

Sat, 10 May, 2025 at 10:00 am

UTC-04:00

Location

3500 Rudd Ave, Louisville, KY 40212-21ND, United States | Louisville, KY

The American Friends of Lafayette – Louisville and Jeffersonville Committees and The American Friends of Lafayette, Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Kentucky Masons have organized several exciting activities for the bicentennial of the arrival of Lafayette visit to Louisville, Ky and Jeffersonville, In
Lafayette’s Arrival at Old Portland Wharf
Saturday, May 10, 2025. 10am-3pm
3500 Rudd Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky
Free & open to the public
· Re-enactment which commemorates Lafayette’s arrival in Portland, Dry and unharmed by the shipwreck before arriving to Louisville in 1825. Includes a color guard, the playing of the National Anthem and La Marseillaise (French National Anthem).
· Road Marker Unveiling. A new historic road marker will be unveiled near the Old Portland Wharf describing Lafayette’s trip and arrival.
· Portland Celebration. After the unveiling there will be food, snacks and drinks provided by the Louisville Thruston Chapter-SAR, the Louisville Committee and Good Shepherd Catholic Church. For those interested, a tour will go to the location of the original Portland Wharf nearby.
· Plank Road and the Portland Museum. After the ceremony, the activities will move to the Portland Museum nearby following the path of the old Portland-Louisville Plank Turnpike to the museum. There will be a speaker and presentation about Lafayette’s trip to Louisville and the local environment in 1825.