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Lafayette’s Farewell Tour Historical Markers
From July 1824 to September 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, made a tour of the 24 states in the United States. He was received by the populace with a hero's welcome at many stops, and many honors and monuments were presented to commemorate and memorialize the visit.
Within this block, John James Audubon sketched portraits in Colson's Store, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, 1824, and General the Marquis de Lafayette was entertained at Gibson's Tavern, June 2, 1825. — — Map (db m132121) HM
This fine collection of historic Front Street townhouses is the single most important row of homes that can be associated with the lives of early Pennsylvania Governors. The original houses on the block; Federal in style and dating to 1812 were . . . — — Map (db m6374) HM
On Oct 5, 1824, crowds greeted Gen. Lafayette on his arrival at river landing at 11 PM. At 1 AM, he was honored with a banquet at the courthouse. — — Map (db m306668) HM
Hon. Judah Colt (1761-1832), one of Erie County's earliest citizens, settled at Colt Station, 1796, as the agent for Pennsylvania Population Co., the county's first land developer. Moved to Borough of Erie, 1804, serving as Burgess, 1813 & 1820-21. . . . — — Map (db m132253) HM
On this site June 3, 1825, the great French & American patriot, Marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834), a Major General and aide to General George Washington during the American Revolution, was entertained in the French Street home of Erie Pioneer Judah . . . — — Map (db m12093) HM
John A. Brashear, astronomer, educator, was born here 1840. His grandfather kept the Brashear House, a leading tavern. In 1825 Lafayette spoke from its doorway to the people of Brownsville. — — Map (db m746) HM
On May 26, 1825, General Lafayette, traveling on the National Pike from Washington to Uniontown, was honored in Brownsville where he dined. — — Map (db m201052) HM
On May 26, 1825, General Lafayette was welcomed at the courthouse by Albert Gallatin. He returned May 28 en route to Pittsburgh. — — Map (db m207657) HM
On July 27, 1825, General Lafayette was welcomed at Slaymaker's Hotel where he greeted troops & locals and enjoyed refreshments. — — Map (db m280618) HM
Indian wigwams, a hickory tree, and a spring - that was old center square "Hickory Town" prior to 1730. In that year, however, significant changes occurred as Andrew and James Hamilton laid out Lancaster Townstead with an open square. Streets . . . — — Map (db m5151) HM
The Plow Tavern
formerly occupied this site.
built 1745 * * * demolished April 1, 1924.
Tradition says that on its register were the
names of General George Washington and General
Lafayette.
When General Lafayette made his memorable . . . — — Map (db m177512) HM
Around 1 am on June 2, 1825, Gen. Lafayette was welcomed in Mercer. He rested until dawn & at 7 am resumed his journey north toward Erie. — — Map (db m314295) HM
This house was built before 1700. At the time of the Battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777, it was used as a British field hospital. Lafayette, on his second visit to the United States was entertained here July 20, 1825. -------- • -------- . . . — — Map (db m46824) HM
Frankford
… this road was marked out in 1675 as
The King's Highway
and improved by the order of the Provincial Council in 1862.
William Penn traversed this road in going to his home of Pennsbury.
John Adams & other . . . — — Map (db m269620) HM
Stood on this site. It was opened in 1798 by David Morris. Among the noted guests during the National Road era were five presidents of the United States. Lafayette was entertained here on May 25, 1825. — — Map (db m40401) HM
Benjamin Fell and William Beazell donated the land for and built primitive Fells Church, a Whiskey Rebellion site. In 1794 Benjamin's property was a reward for letting Revolutionary War Soldiers use his Bucks County home and tannery to make . . . — — Map (db m252509) HM
Many distinguished persons stayed at old inn located on this site. Here, in 1825, Lafayette was given a reception. His toast "To the Town of York" is memorable. — — Map (db m200502) HM
Encamped with Continental Army troops in Tiverton from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, 1778, in the aftermath of the Battle of Rhode Island. — — Map (db m311535) HM
John Mark Verdier
1759-1826
Builder of this house
1795-1800
General Lafayette spoke to the people
of Beaufort from this portico
March 18, 1825 — — Map (db m19644) HM
On March 18, 1825, General Lafayette was welcomed with a procession & passing through an arch, he was addressed by Mayor William Elliott. — — Map (db m301225) HM
Handsome Georgian "Double House" constructed of brick but covered by stucco after 1886 earthquake. Drawing room has handsome ceiling plaster work decorations and carved overmantel with ionic pilasters. Residence of last Royal Governor Lord William . . . — — Map (db m47909) HM
Timothy Ford, a native of Morristown, New Jersey, Princeton educated attorney who as a youth served in the American Revolution, built this fine Charleston single house in the Adamesque style. Ford entertained the Marquis de Lafayette here on the . . . — — Map (db m39318) HM
On March 13, 1825, General Lafayette spent the night at the Izard plantation. The next morning, he left at dawn heading for Charleston. — — Map (db m301166) HM
In 1883, the Ladies Memorial Association of Camden unveiled this monument dedicated to Kershaw County’s Confederate War dead. Confederate General John Doby Kennedy of Camden laid the cornerstone with a Masonic trowel once used by Revolutionary War . . . — — Map (db m109890) HM
The area between the Kershaw House and Camden was the scene of numerous military exercises throughout the years. Occupying British troops used the field as a parade ground, and in 1825, Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette reviewed troops . . . — — Map (db m268877) HM
Wilkins Tannehill, who greeted the Marquis de
Lafayette here in 1825, laid the cornerstone of this
Classical Revival building. It served as the Tennessee
State Capitol from 1827-29 during the administration
of Gov. Sam Houston and as the . . . — — Map (db m301805) HM
General LaFayette visited The Hermitage on May 5, 1825. Andrew Jackson exhibited the pistols LaFayette had given to George Washington in 1778. — — Map (db m214556) HM
The Hermitage
Has been designated a registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1955
This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United . . . — — Map (db m214561) HM
Also called The Commons, originally 240 acres extending south to the river. Given to Davidson Academy by the State of North Carolina, famous as a mustering ground. Here 4,000 Tennessee Militia were reviewed by Andrew Jackson and Lafayette on the . . . — — Map (db m84200) HM
On May 6, 1825, General Lafayette was welcomed in Clarksville as he descended the Cumberland River aboard the steamboat Mechanic. — — Map (db m205397) HM
On June 28, 1825, General Lafayette was met in Barre by a delegation sent from Montpelier, who escorted the Frenchman to the capitol. — — Map (db m313107) HM
Lafayette’s Tour. On June 28, 1825, Lafayette was led to the State House. He visited Representatives Hall and reviewed troops assembled on the common.
Le Tour De Lafayette. Le 28 Juin 1825, Lafayette fut conduit . . . — — Map (db m185028) HM
Where Marquis de Lafayette was entertained in 1825 and President Monroe in 1817
Tablet placed by the Marquis de Lafayette Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
1930 — — Map (db m185386) HM
On June 28, 1825, General
Lafayette was received at
Smith's Hotel by the Town
Committee of Arrangements
on his way to Montpelier. — — Map (db m261255) HM
On June 28, 1825, General Lafayette
was escorted to Pettes' Hotel where
he was welcomed to the state by
VT Governor Cornelius Van Ness. — — Map (db m230078) HM
On June 28, 1825, General
Lafayette was received on
the green by Revolutionary
War veterans. He partook of
refreshments at Barkers Hotel. — — Map (db m261204) HM
13,000 years ago
The Paleoindian Period
A Native American hunter during the Paleoindian period discards a broken spear point, on a bluff overlooking a tributary to the Potomac River at the southern edge of present-day Alexandria. . . . — — Map (db m166409) HM
The Farewell Tour
In 1824, the marquis de Lafayette returned to the United States at the invitation of President James Monroe. It was his first visit since returning to France after the American Revolution. By this time, Lafayette was the . . . — — Map (db m266163) HM
Robert E. Lee left this home that he loves so well to enter West Point. After Appomattox he returned and climbed the wall to see “if the snowballs were in bloom.” George Washington dined here when it was the home of William Fitzhugh, Lee’s kinsman . . . — — Map (db m8548) HM
George Nicholas, Albemarle County’s Virginia General Assembly delegate in 1783, built a stone house here in 1784. James Monroe occupied it 1789-1790, while improving the dwelling at his nearby farm, later the site of the University of Virginia. Here . . . — — Map (db m19830) HM
Three miles to the southeast, Thomas Jefferson began the house in 1770 and finished it in 1802. He brought his bride to it in 1772. Lafayette visited it in 1825. Jefferson spent his last years there and died there, July 4, 1826. His tomb is there. . . . — — Map (db m65069) HM
Major Gabriel Long (b. 1751) served as Lieutenant in Captain John Jameson's Company, Culpeper Minutemen Battalion which mustered here in the Fall, 1775 and fought victoriously at Great Bridge in December 1775 to rid Virginia of British . . . — — Map (db m170194) HM WM
On August 23, 1825, General Lafayette was received here by the citizens. After dining, he traveled north with a large escort of mounted horsemen. — — Map (db m291470) HM
"A most beautiful site for a Gentleman's seat..."
George Washington, December 1793
Washington presented 2000 acres of his Mount Vernon estate to his nephew Major Lawrence Lewis and Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis. . . . — — Map (db m140931) HM
On August 24, 1825, General Lafayette stopped here for refreshments with citizens at James Hampton's tavern en route to Washington, D.C. — — Map (db m314942) HM
Norris Tavern. On this site stood the Norris Tavern built by Thaddeus Norris in 1819. It was the scene of a banquet tendered to General Lafayette by the citizens of Fauquier on his visit to the United States in 1825.
The Warren Green. . . . — — Map (db m1175) HM
On November 20, 1824, General Lafayette was welcomed here at the Town Hall and conducted to Farmer's Hotel where a ball was held in his honor. — — Map (db m291469) HM
Built in 1816, the new market house/town hall maintained the English tradition of placing commercial activity and government functions in the same building. Its location facing Princess Anne Street, however, reflects the evolution of that corridor . . . — — Map (db m148058) HM
The new courthouse was this day received by William Miller, G. Woodson Payne, and myself as Commissioners for the County. An elegant and excellent building erected by Dabney Cosby and Valentine Parrish…and the court sat in it, . . . — — Map (db m170095) HM
On behalf of a grateful nation, President James Monroe invited the Marquis de Lafayette to visit the United States, his adopted country. Lafayette’s tour of all 24 states in 1824 and 1825 drew large crowds and sparked a renewal of patriotism. On 22 . . . — — Map (db m90955) HM
Belmont was patented early in the eighteenth century by Thomas Lee, of Stratford. About 1800, Ludwell Lee, an officer in the Revolutionary Army, built the house and he lived here until his death in 1836. Here he entertained Lafayette in 1825. In . . . — — Map (db m980) HM
On August 9, 1825, General Lafayette, Revolutionary War hero, was greeted by local officials and escorted to the courthouse for a dinner. — — Map (db m251258) HM
The Loudoun County Courthouse, first occupied in 1895, is the third on this site, which was designated for that use on the 1759 plat of Leesburg. On 12 Aug. 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read from the doorway of the first courthouse. The . . . — — Map (db m876) HM
Temple Hall was the home of William Temple Thomson Mason, son of Thomson Mason of Raspberry Plain and nephew of George Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights. The house was constructed about 1810 and was the centerpiece for the farm . . . — — Map (db m106399) HM
In 1814 due to the British advance on Washington, it was deemed wise to remove the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and other valuable state documents to a safe place. They were transported across Chain Bridge into Virginia. The . . . — — Map (db m20118) HM
On Oct. 22, 1824, General Lafayette, an outspoken abolitionist, visited Norfolk. An arch was erected near this site to welcome him. — — Map (db m303785) HM
Gen. Lafayette visited here Nov. 15-19, 1824, discussing slavery and religious liberty with Madison. He returned Aug. 21, 1825.
William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2021 — — Map (db m298085) HM
Poplar Lawn is now known as Central Park. Here the Petersburg Volunteers camped in October 1812, before leaving for the Canadian border. Here Lafayette was greeted with music and speeches in 1824. The place was bought by the city in 1844. . . . — — Map (db m17621) HM
On October 29, 1824, General Lafayette was feted at Niblo's Tavern and Theatre. The next morning, he was honored at Poplar Lawn. — — Map (db m298086) HM
On Oct. 25, 1824, General Lafayette was greeted by artillery salute near here and proceeded to navy yard to view USS North Carolina. — — Map (db m291486) HM
On August 24, 1825, General Lafayette was welcomed at Mrs. Brooks Tavern across the street where refreshments were prepared in his honor. — — Map (db m291526) HM
The Carolina Road, earlier an Indian hunting path, roughly approximating Route 15 at this point, derived its name from trade between Frederick, Maryland, and Georgia. Later the road was used by settlers emigrating to western lands. Because of . . . — — Map (db m105) HM
1788
This site was a part of the Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts where the Virginia Convention of 1788 voted to approve the proposed U.S. Constitution on June 25th.
1806
Richmond Theatre opened in three-story brick building. . . . — — Map (db m79129) HM
This Greek Revival home was first purchased by James B. Royster, brother of Elmira Shelton. Royster was a tobacco manufacturer, druggist, commission merchant, and city auditor of Richmond. Jane C. Royster, wife and noted socialite, met Gen. . . . — — Map (db m149659) HM
A community developed here in the 1720s around John Constant's wharf, dwelling, and tobacco warehouse. The Virginia House of Burgesses chartered the town of Suffolk in 1742. It was incorporated as a town in 1808 and as a city in 1910; in 1974 it . . . — — Map (db m76803) HM
On February 25, 1825 General Lafayette was the guest of honor as he dined at the Courthouse before leaving Suffolk the next day. — — Map (db m291487) HM
With his contempt for the distant English gentlemen who demanded the colonists search for gold instead of focus on building a strong settlement, Smith foreshadows the anger that Americans felt under British rule.
The lowborn colonists who . . . — — Map (db m34005) HM
On May 24, 1825, General Lafayette was welcomed at Beymer's Landing, escorted to Simm's Hotel & attended a ball at Mr. Graham's Inn. — — Map (db m276698) HM
1749 — Pierre J. Celoron de Blainville, French explorer
1750 — Christopher Gist, Explorer, soldier
1765 — George Croghan, Indian trader, agent
*1766 — Nemacolin, Delaware Indian Chief
1770 — George Washington, President, United . . . — — Map (db m177634) HM
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