The Recorder - My Turn: History lesson: Lafayette's mysterious sidetrip

It is June 1825 and the 66-year-old Gilbert du Motier, aka Marquis de Lafayette, is on his triumphal tour of the United States that he had fought to establish almost 50 years earlier.As a young aristocrat he had some experience as a soldier, and he...

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