Five Minute Histories: Celebrating the Marquis de Lafayette in Baltimore

Join us at the Marquis de Lafayette statue in Mount Vernon Place, erected 100 years ago. 200 years ago, Lafayette himself stood at this spot to view the almost completed Washington Monument during his farewell tour around the young United States! Back then town after town gave him a hero’s welcome. In 2024, the American Friends of Lafayette are helping us celebrate Lafayette’s 1824 visit. We are delighted to be joined by Dr. Patti Maclay to tell us about the upcoming Lafayette celebrations around the country and here in Baltimore! For more information, please visit lafayette200.org.
This is our series called "Five Minute Histories." Every week, we’ll record a short video about a different historic place in Baltimore and post it on our Facebook page and KZbin channel.
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[@Mlbguy]

I really enjoy these 5 minute videos. This was one of the best. I live in the Mt. Vernon Neighborhood.

[@michaelbrand8279]

Many thanks to you folks at Baltimore Heritage & Dr. Patti Maclay for putting together this informative video!!

[@baltimoreheritage1006]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnwalther2472]

Holy smoke! That's an amazing amount of history in less than 10 minutes!!

[@sharonlutz3543]

Excellent présentation! Exciting events to highlight these historic moments!💥💥🇺🇸🇫🇷

[@baltimoreheritage1006]

Thank you!

[@BillBarry5]

Great history

[@michelehumphrey852]

Love the colonial history of Baltimore. I highly recommend visiting Mount Vernon to see the key to the Bastille 😊

[@baltimoreheritage1006]

Thanks!

[@jacquelinecapel5282]

What a marvelous history we have in Baltimore, and I just adore these videos.Oh, I learned the correct pronunciation of Bentalou today. I still say it like the Baltimorean I am.😂😂😂 IYKYK.

[@baltimoreheritage1006]

Thank you!

[@pauloneil8531]

Lafayette's connection to the Poe family helped Mrs. Poe and her family. He asked to meet with David Sr. and when informed Sr. was dead asked then to meet with his widow. He found her living in poverty and upbraided the city powers for allowing the widow who with her husband had helped him and his soldiers. The powers helped Mrs. Poe obtain a widows pension for her husbands service as the Baltimore Commissary agent of the Continental Army. It was this pension that was the consistent source of income for herself, daughter Maria Clemm, grandson Henry and granddaughter Virginia Clemm, as well as her grandsons W. Henry and Edgar Poe. W. Henry dies shortly after Edgar starts living with the family in their house on Central Ave near Eastern in 1831 and the family will move to Amity St. in 1833, again using the pension as the main source of income.

[@jacquelinecapel5282]

Oh Wow! What a wonderful nugget of history you've shared with us! Thank you for sharing this! 😊😊

[@neverforever4787]

My 3x great grandmother shook Lafayette's hand when he came to visit Baltimore. She would've been 12. She lived to be 95, dying in 1907.

[@baltimoreheritage1006]

Wow!

[@PorkSoda101]

aren't both streets named after him?

[@carolbair2160]

Sounds like our election today