The Marquis de Lafayette and the American Revolution | Iris de Rode, Ph.D.

[@dylanogden812]

🇪🇺🇺🇲🇫🇷🗽🗽Thank u to our amazing French allies who also gifted us the statue of liberty much appreciation and respect for u all

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Wonderful program

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Downloaded. I can't wait to watch today! Thank you! 🍎

[@mshappy4413]

Just fantastic...I live in newport ri and there is a statue to Lafayette in our harbor and lived as a child in the vernon house which was Rochambeau 's residence at the time..we have many maps in our historical society showing wherethe soldiers were camped and also there was no catholic ch urch and mass was said in the colony house. Which was built by the English to house their judicial offices including the court house...ri was established as a religious freedom state.. we had many churches but no catholic so the French arriving was a huge deal..I thoroughly enjoyed your talk and eagerly anticipate your future publications...

[@James-cz5hf]

Wonderful!!! Thank you!!!

[@jasongomezcomposer]

Had no idea how tragic his life was after The American Revolution. Very fascinating. Thank you for shining a light on Lafayette’s fascinating life.

[@dalvinmccollum6575]

Lafayette is my guy I love that dude

[@josephpadula2283]

The Fact he is not considered a hero in France for his role in helping the first overthrow of a monarchy in the U.S. that set the stage from their revolution is a mystery . In top of that he was instrumental by his actions in the start of the French Revolution as indicated by his possession and giving of the Bastille key to Washington . Is it that Current French thinking holds it against him for later when the madness took over, The Salem Witch Trials X 1000 insanity and murder, he was not sufficiently Party Line supportive ? He should be raised higher because he did not support the guillotine not lowered in esteem !

[@josephpadula2283]

Trees can confirm ?The Apple tree house now the Jersey Ciry Museum has a Lafayette connection but it is considered legend not fact . The tulip tree helped the Doctor find the lost letters and papers . Can anyone help confirm the meeting in Jersey City , perhaps then named Bergen , that is in dispute? Located at 298 Academy Street, the Van Wagenen House was renamed the Apple Tree House because it was under an apple tree on the property that General George Washington and Major General Marquis de Lafayette maybe met, shared a meal, and made battle plans at the end of August in 1780. Allegory aside, the fact remains that it is an important home, embodying great architectural and historical significance. There is no conclusive proof that the Van Wagenen House in Jersey City was the site of a Revolutionary War strategy session between the Generals, but the myth persists. The George Washington Society even presents a wreath at the house every year on President’s Day, or, more accurately, outside the house since it’s been closed to the public for some time. The legend of Washington’s and Lafayette’s meeting under the apple tree grew when after the tree was uprooted in a storm in 1821, a cane was made from the felled wood and presented to Major General Lafayette when he returned to Jersey City to celebrate the 4th of July in 1824. And the myth has taken root in Paris where the cane is on permanent display at the Louvre. It’s also rumored that after the tree fell, children scrambled for scraps of wood and whittled trinkets for Christmas, delighting in having a piece of the famous tree. The Apple Tree House is fully restored for the public after over a decade of work, and perhaps next year’s President’s Day celebration and wreath laying by the George Washington Society can finally come inside out of the cold.

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👍 Thank you.

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[@davidproulx3933]

Why He did that It's because God bless America 🇺🇲