Footnotes to Northampton’s History by John S. BowmanFreelance writer and editor John Bowman of Northampton has written about a number of subjects over the years, from the history of baseball in the region to his experience producing comic operas while.
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.