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Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States
1824–25 tour by Revolutionary War general de Lafayette / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From July 1824 to September 1825, the French Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving major general of the American Revolutionary War, made a tour of the 24 states in the United States. He was received by the populace with a hero's welcome at many stops, and many honors and monuments were presented to commemorate and memorialize the visit.
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