[PAST EVENT] Lafayette's Homecoming

October 20, 2024
11am - 11:30am
Location
Wren Building
111 Jamestown Rd
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Access & Features
  • Open to the public
Marquis de Lafayette on his horse

Commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s Honorary Degree of Laws with members of William & Mary, Colonial Williamsburg and American Friends of Lafayette communities at this joyful “homecoming” celebration of an illustrious alumnus. In 1824, as the last significant surviving general of the American Revolution, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette made a triumphant return visit to these shores at the invitation of another W&M alumnus, the President of the United States James Monroe. The Marquis visited all 24 states of the Union and received the enthusiastic gratitude of the nation. The event will feature music, pomp and remarks by Lafayette, as portrayed by Nation Builder Mark Schneider.

Sponsored by: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and William & Mary