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Photographer: Nate Davidson
Taken: May 17, 2014
Caption: Opposite Side of Monument
Additional Description: Gen Lafayette's Toast, at banquet in West Chester, July 2, 1825.

May the blood spilled by thousands with equal merit in the cause of independence and freedom be to ensuing generations an eternal pledge of unalloyed republicanism, Federal Union, public prosperity, and domestic happiness.
Lafayette, B. Sep. 6, 1757. D. 1834, in France

French Commanders at the surrender of Lord Corwallis, in Yorktown, Oct. 19th, 1781 Gens Lafayette and Pulaski. Gen. Rochambeau, 6,000 French soldiers. Gen. St. Simons, 3,000 " " Admiral DeGrasse, French Navy, 50 ships, 3,000 Marines
Submitted: May 19, 2014, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p273799
File Size: 3.103 Megabytes

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