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Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 27 Charlestown
This joyful occasion revives high national feelings and recollections and touches the springs of gratitude by reminding us of that interesting period of our history which gave to our country a gallant Hero, and the rights of mankind a steadfast Champion. While we participate in the thrill of delight which everywhere hails the visit of our illustrious friend, we cannot suppress the peculiar emotion of our hearts on receiving you, Sir, on the memorable heights of Bunker. On this holy ground, immortalized by the deeds and sacred to the manes of Revolutionary Heroes:- Over these heights, Liberty once moved in blood and tears – her chariot in wheels of fire. Now she comes in her car of peace and glory; drawn by the affections of a happy people, to crown on these same heights, with civic honors, a favorite Son,
Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824 – August 26 Boston Cambridge Harvard Phi Beta Kappa
“Welcome, friend of our fathers, to our shores. Happy are our eyes that behold those venerable features. Enjoy a triumph, such as never conqueror or monarch enjoyed, the assurance that throughout America, there is not a bosom, which does not beat with joy and gratitude at the sound of your name.
Lafayette In Massachusetts 1824 – August 25 Cambridge Harvard Commencement
We bid you welcome, General Lafayette, to this most ancient of the seminaries of our land. The Overseers and Fellows of the University, the Professors and other officers, the candidates for the academic honors of this day, and the students, tender you with their respectful, their affectionate salutations. We greet you with peculiar pleasure, at this literary festival, gratified that you regard the occasion with interest, and espouse the attachment, which as members of a republic, we cannot fail to cherish to the cause of learning and education.
Lafayette In Massachusetts August 24 1824 – Roxbury Boston
In the last surviving Major General of the American revolutionary army, we recognize a benefactor and friend from a distant and gallant nation; who, inspired by a love of liberty, subjected himself in his youth to the toils and hazards of a military life, in support of our rights. Under our illustrious Washington, you were instrumental in establishing the liberties of our country, while your gallantry in the field secured to yourself an imperishable renown.
Lafayette In Massachusetts August 23 1824 – Walpole Dedham Roxbury
A cavalcade of gentlemen escorted him to the residence of Revolutionary War veteran Governor William Eustis (1753-1825) in Roxbury where he would spend the night. As he passed through Roxbury around 1:00 AM the Roxbury corps of artillery fired a salute of artillery and rockets. Governor Eustis and Lafayette embraced when he arrived at the mansion around 2:00 AM.
Lafayette In Massachusetts In 1824
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