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  1. 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 >>>

  2. 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 >>>

  3. 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 >>>

  4. 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 >>>

  5. 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 >>>

  6. 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 >>>

  7. 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 >>>

  8. 2020 Articles by Issue

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

    In 2020 we published nearly 100 articles in nine issues, the most we have ever published in a year. Here are the articles sorted by issue: Title Author More >>>

  9. The French Connection

    By J. H. Plumb, December 1974, Volume 26, Issue 1

    Rakehells, men of good will, adventurers, and bunglers were all in the glittering pageant when the Old World came to help out the New More >>>

  10. The American Revolution

    By admin

    Artifacts Model of Hannah, First U.S. Ship U.S. Navy Museum Regulations for the Order and Discipline of Troops of the United States Valley Forge National Historic Park More >>>

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