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Lafayette In New England In 1825- Portland ME June 25
Thirty years ago the tyrants of Europe held you in chains in the dungeon of Olmütz; but now you hear the congratulations and receive the hearty thanks of ten millions of freemen. May the imitation of your regard to the sovereignty of the people and the authority of law, as well as of your firmness and zeal, by the youth of different nations, render your history the history of Liberty, and effect this change, that in a few years the Rights of Man, now in many countries fettered, shall hear the shouts of the whole world.
Lafayette In New England – Kennebunk ME June 24
But, General, your adopted Country trembles to trust you in the power of tyrants; would be to Heaven you could tarry among us till the summons comes to call you to the realms of celestial Liberty! God grant that your life may be prolonged to the very verge of sublunary enjoymnent; that those who survive may deposit your remains in the same soil with Washington, Greene, Lincoln, Knox, and the whole radiant galaxy of your compatriots, whose sacred memory, like your own can never perish. This, sir, is the united sentiment of every one who so cordially echoes the universal paen, “Welcome, Lafayette.”
Lafayette In New England – Boston MA June 20
The fervent prayer of each and all of us is, that you, who have achieved so much in this behalf, may long live to enjoy the contemplation of that happiness resulting from the joint efforts of yourself and our fathers, and that on your return to your native land you may enjoy in the bosom of your family that serenity and peace which so largely contributed to secure for a nation
Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Boston MA June 19
In the evening he called on Mrs. Ticknor on Common Street. He paid his respect to Madam Humphreys the relict of his friend and companion in arms and spent the rest of the evening with Mrs. Richard Derby in Chestnut Street.
Lafayette In New England – Charlestown MA June 17
“Permit me to give you the following toast: ‘Bunker’s Hill’, and the Holy Resistance to oppression, which had freed the American hemisphere; the anniversary toast at the jubilee of the next half century shall be: Europe Disenthralled.”
Lafayette In New England – Boston MA June 16
In the long and happy series of visits through the several parts of the Union to which you have been pleased to allude, Bunker Hill has ever been my polar star, and I now rejoice to be arrived in time to join, on the grand half-century jubilee, with my companions in arms, as being together the representative of the early and unshaken devotion of our Revolutionary Army
Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Ware MA June 14
The men of the town stood in line and after the general had met the ladies at the tavern he came across the street and shook hands with them. He is described as a man of commanding presence with fine features He was accompanied by his son and after the ceremony was over took his carriage and drove out of town being accompanied as far as the home of Calvin Morse by the townspeople walking Indian file on either side of the carriage the women on one side and the men on the other he bowing to right and left in recognition of the plaudits of the crowd.
Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Northampton MA June 14
The general entered the village attended by the sheriff, committee, a detachment of cavalry and a considerable number of private gentlemen under the direction of Colonel Shepherd, chief Marshal. There was light infantry, artillery and volunteer companies.
Lafayette In New England In 1825 – Pittsfield MA June 13
Lafayette was escorted through open columns with music from the Brigade Band commanded by Captain Bush to the coffee house of Joseph Merrick. The blessing was given by Rev. Dr. Griffin, President of Williams College and the closing benediction by Rev. Mr. Bailey with a solemn allusion to the recent catastrophe in Ohio.
Lafayette In New England In 1825
The American Friends of Lafayette, founded in 1932 at Lafayette College, and its 1,100 members are taking the lead in planning and implementing the Farewell Tour Bicentennial from August 15, 2024 to September 8, 2025. Our goal is to commemorate Lafayette’s return visit by orchestrating events in most if not all of the places that Lafayette visited to coincide with the actual date of his visits there.