Lafayette’s 1825 Visit To Greater Western New York (Part VI)
Lafayette’s 1825 visit ended tragically in Waterloo with a fatal cannon blast. Yet celebrations in Geneva and Auburn united communities. What lasting revolutionary pride did…
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Lafayette’s 1825 Visit To Greater Western New York (Part I)
General Lafayette’s 1825 tour revealed a surprisingly desolate Western New York. Virgin forests dominated, with tiny settlements just emerging. What did this frontier region really…
Lafayette’s 1825 Tour In The Greater Western New York Region – Part II
Here we pick up Lafayette’s victory tour through Western New York in 1825. And do you know what did – and didn’t – happen in…