by admin | Mar 2, 2024 | History, Uncategorized
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824 In the morning Lafayette met with delegations from Brown University and others. He then went to the Doric Hall of the State House where he shook hands with nearly two...
by admin | Mar 2, 2024 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824 On August 25, Lafayette left Boson with the governor, a company of dragoons under Captain Davis, the Committee of Arrangements, the Deputation from New York and other...
by admin | Mar 2, 2024 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824. Early Morning Lafayette awoke to light infantry making an exhibition of its maneuvers under his window. A young man was admitted to see Lafayette and presented him with...
by admin | Mar 2, 2024 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824. Prequel Lafayette started his trip north from Manhattan on the morning of August 20. I like to think of the trip beginning in Harlem at Lafayette Square Statue...
by admin | Mar 2, 2024 | History
In 2024-2025 the American Friends of Lafayette will be supporting events to commemorate the bicentennial of Lafayette’s Farewell Tour when this true hero of the American Revolution and constant friend of the United States returned after a 40-year absence. During his...
by admin | Sep 20, 2022 | History, Tax
The intersection of taxes and religion has been one of the major features of this blog. The controversy over the parsonage exclusion has been the big story there, but there is more. One of my long running story arcs has been the controversy over the constitutionality...
