Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Royalton VT June 28
“Of all the pictures that hang on memory’s walls none is more vivid to me today than the scene of Lafayette’s visit to my native village. I stood holding my mother’s hand, in the front door of my old homestead, and saw a carriage drawn by six white horses with a venerable gentleman bowing right and left to the crowd.”
Harriet Collamer Johnson
Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Barnard VT June 28
. It is reported that Lafayette complimented the gunners saying “That is a smart gun and well handled”
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