Wye Oak Lecture Series—America’s Rockstar: The Marquis de Lafayette

Name: Wye Oak Lecture Series—America’s Rockstar: The Marquis de Lafayette
Start: 2024-10-10T17:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-10T19:30:00-04:00
Location: 610 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21201

Schedule

Thu Oct 10 2024 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

610 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21201 | Baltimore, MD

In 1824, the Marquis de Lafayette visited the United States for a 6,000-mile grand tour to commemorate his pivotal role in the American War of Independence 50 years earlier. This October marks the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s visit to Maryland, and the extraordinary outpouring of emotion and commemoration that came with it. Join François Furstenberg, PhD, author of When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees Who Shaped a Nation, as he explores Lafayette’s relationship to the United States and the focus on Lafayette’s popular image, through a survey of objects from MCHC’s collections.
Doors open at 5:30 pm. Lecture begins at 6 pm. Light reception to follow.
Register here: https://www.mdhistory.org/calendar/wye-oak-lecture-series-americas-rockstar-the-marquis-de-lafayette/