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A fine article about the great Marquis de Lafayette, Major General, Continental Army

"Throughout his extraordinary life, Lafayette's greatest passion remained the pursuit of freedom for all people. He understood that mankind's most basic yearning was to be free. And he was certain that the outcome of this great American Experiment would yield benefits the whole world would enjoy. He was right.

"Humanity has won its battle," he wrote to Adrienne from the newly-liberated America. "Liberty now has a country."

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America in 1965 was more like the America of 1789 than America in 2016 is like America in 1965. That America, which was still recognizably American, is gone. Americans and their culture are but a remnant, visible in only isolated and sparsely populated enclaves.

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Article on Lafayette voyage to America reenactment.

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Statue in Lafayette Square north of the White House.

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"Lafayette would also go on to earn a reputation as a brilliant military mind. He played an invaluable role in several high profile battles, often evading British troops and outmaneuvering them at nearly every turn. The most consequential of these was the final battle of the American Revolution at Yorktown in 1781. Here, Lafayette drew the brutal British commander Charles Cornwallis and his troops into a trap, forcing the Red Coats to surrender to the Continental Army and ending the war."

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