by admin | Mar 4, 2024 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824. Lafayette made a short stop at West Boylston where another company of cavalry under command of James Estabrook joined the escort....
by admin | Mar 4, 2024 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824. The party proceeded to Sterling where Lafayette’s approach was signaled with thirteen discharges of artillery and the ringing of bells. Two companies of light infantry...
by admin | Mar 4, 2024 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824. After spending the night in Bolton, Lafayette’s party arrived early in Lancaster in front of a new church building designed by Charles Bullfinch. First Church of...
by admin | Mar 4, 2024 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824. Sampson Vryling Stoddard Wilder (1780-1865) had made a fortune as a merchant in France and retired to gentleman farming in Bolton. Wilder knew Lafayette from his days...
by admin | Mar 4, 2024 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824. The Company of Washington Guards under command of Pliny Wetherbee met Lafayette at the Stow-Acton line and escorted him and SVS Wilder of Bolton to the Gardner Tavern...
