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Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 3 West Boylston
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...
Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 3 Sterling
The multitudes that hail your march through this part of our country are not the assemblages of idle crowds, seeking to gratify a morbid curiosity, but, Sir, the men around you are independent possessors of their fields, and the defenders of their homes. From hoary age to lisping childhood, our whole population are eager of contributing deserved honors to the companion of Washington, the benefactor of our country, and the friend of mankind.
Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 3 Lancaster
It gladdens us that we and our children may behold the man, whom we have believed, and whom we have taught our children to believe, was second only to his and our friend, the immortal Washington. We participate in your joy, on beholding our institutions in vigor, our population extended, so that since you left us, from a little one we have become millions, and from a small band a strong nation; that you see our glory rising, our Republic placed on an immovable basis, all of which are in part, under Providence, to be ascribed to your sacrifices, dangers and toils.
Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2-3 Bolton
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...
Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2 Stow
Miss Abigail Soper, the daughter of Jacob Soper the blacksmith, presented him with a bouquet, and the General, in true French style, stooped and kissed her on both cheeks. It is said, that several years later, when this fact was mentioned in the presence of the Rev. Mr. Moulton, the latter quietly remarked, “As I remember Abigail Soper, she was a very ugly old woman, and it would have taken a hero of several wars to have kissed her on even one cheek.” Miss Soper was about 16, at the time of Lafayette’s visit.
Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2 Concord
You, Sir, now behold the spot on which the first forcible resistance was made to a system of measures calculated to deprive the whole people of these States of the privileges of freemen. You approved this resistance. A just estimate of the value of rational liberty led you disinterested, to participate with strangers in the toils, the privations and the dangers of an arduous contest. From the 19th day of April 1775 here noted in blood, to the memorable day in Yorktown, you heart and your sword were with us.
Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2 Lexington
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824. At the Lexington line a troop of horse and a cavalcade of citizens...
Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2 Arlington (West Cambridge In 1824)
In 1913 Arlington held a historical pageant to dedicate a new town hall. Episode VI was Lafayette’s visit. Over 600 people took an active part in the pageant and there were over 5,000 in the audience.
Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – September 2 Boston
Someone presented the General with a neat snuff box made of part of the timber of “Old Ironsides”.
Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 31 Newburyport
As the zealous advocate for civil liberty, we give you welcome; – as the brave defender of an oppressed people, we make you welcome;-as the friend and associate of our immortal Washington, we bid you welcome!”