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  1. Lafayette's Grand American Tour

    By Elizabeth Reese, Summer 2024, Volume 69, Issue 3

    Enormous crowds greeted the Marquis de Lafayette, the French hero of the American Revolution, during his visit to all 24 states nearly 40 years after the war ended. More >>>

  2. Lafayette: A Hero Among Heroes

    By Harlow Giles Unger, Summer 2021, Volume 65, Issue 5

    No figure in the Revolutionary era inspired as much affection and reverence as Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette More >>>

  3. Lafayette Square: Seven Acres of History

    By Gil Klein, June 2020, Volume 65, Issue 3

    Now closed to the public as part of the enlarged White House security zone, the Square has witnessed many historic moments over the last two centuries. More >>>

  4. Vandalism in Lafayette Square

    By Edwin S. Grosvenor, June 2020, Volume 65, Issue 3

    Both our Constitution and our historic monuments were trashed during recent protests. More >>>

  5. Lafayette’s Two Revolutions

    By John Dos Passos, December 1956, Volume 8, Issue 1

    Washington was his idol, but he could not apply his American ideals to a France sliding into the Terror More >>>

  6. The Imprisonment Of Lafayette

    By James Wesley Baker, June 1977, Volume 28, Issue 4

    and how, a decade after the Revolution, a melodramatic rescue attempt, involving a grateful young American, went awry More >>>

  7. A Bicentennial Blitz for Lafayette

    By Elizabeth Reese, Summer 2024, Volume 69, Issue 3

    Starting this August, events over 13 months will commemorate the Marquis de Lafayette’s triumphant return to America 50 years after the Revolution. More >>>

  8. George Washington’s Indispensable Friend

    By David Rapp

    The historian David A. Clary’s new book, Adopted Son: Washington, Lafayette, and the Friendship That Saved the Revolution (Bantam, 512 pages, $27), opens with a startling image: George More >>>

  9. 2020 Articles by Author

    By Edwin S. Grosvenor, Winter 2021, Volume 66, Issue 1

    A convenient index to the nearly 100 articles in American Heritage in 2020 More >>>

  10. Decatur’s Heroic Life and Tragic Death

    By Gil Klein, November/December 2021, Volume 66, Issue 7

    After an illustrious career in the Navy, Stephen Decatur died in his home on Lafayette Square following a duel with Commodore Barron. More >>>

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