by admin | Mar 3, 2025 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to New England – June 13 to June 29 1825. The Bunker Hill Jubilee was a huge event. One newspaper puts the attendance at over 150,000. There were forty survivors of the battle who rode in procession in eight...
by admin | Mar 3, 2025 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to New England – June 13 to June 29 1825. Lafayette was received by the legislature at 10:15 AM. Lafayette came in preceded by the Committee of Arrangements supported by the Mister Winthrop and Mr. King. ...
by admin | Mar 3, 2025 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to New England – June 13 to June 29 1825. Alpheus Demond of Muddy Brook fame in 1814 built the Old Tavern House in the village where Hitchcock’s Block now stands Here it was that Lafayette visited and Mrs...
by admin | Mar 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to New England – June 13 to June 29 1825. The committee of arrangements met the General at Edward’s Inn five miles on the road to Pittsfield. Chairman Judge Howe addressed him. The general entered the village...
by admin | Mar 2, 2025 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to New England – June 13 to June 29 1825. Lafayette arrived in Pittsfield around 4:00 PM and departed the same evening. Word of his anticipated arrival had only been received the previous evening leaving not...