Prince William Lecture Series: "Marquis de Lafayette Returns" by Elizabeth Reese

Name: Prince William Lecture Series: "Marquis de Lafayette Returns" by Elizabeth Reese
Start: 2025-01-23T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-23T20:30:00-05:00
Location: 9248 Lee Ave, Manassas, VA 20110-5513, United States

Schedule

Thu Jan 23 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

9248 Lee Ave, Manassas, VA 20110-5513, United States | Manassas, VA

Walk in the footsteps of the Marquis de Lafayette as he makes a final trip through the young United States. Against the backdrop of a tumultuous election, a beloved hero of the American Revolution returned to America for the first time in forty years. From August 1824 to September 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette traveled throughout the United States, welcomed by thousands of admirers at each stop along the way. Although the tour brought him to each state in the Union, the majority of his time was spent in Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland. Public historian Elizabeth Reese traces Lafayette's route throughout the National Capital Region, highlighting the locations and people the famous General held closest to his heart.
This lecture is a FREE program jointly sponsored by the Prince William County Office of Historic Preservation and Historic Prince William.
January 23, 2025, 7-8:30 pm
Old Manassas Courthouse, 9248 Lee Ave, Manassas, VA