Posted on 01/27/2006 8:53:59 AM PST by SonofLiberty1
LAFAYETTE TRIP TO BE RE-ENACTED
An official delegation representing France released the following statement:
The frigate "Hermione" in which La Fayette navigated to join George Washington in 1780 will again cross the Atlantic in 2009 to come to Boston May 20, (Lafayette Day); New York (July 4); and Annaplois (July 14). The frigate is rebuilt in the same city of Rochefort, with the same tools, the same scales, the same wood.
The ship and the "La Fayette Trip" symbolize Fraternity, Liberty, and Democracy, all the values of the Century of Lights still alive today that we must strongly promote.
As further information becomes available we will keep our readers informed.
If there is a ping list, I would be interested. I am a decendant of his aid-du-camp.
The last great Frenchman?
Sadly yes.
-SoL1
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