President James Monroe invited the Marquis de Lafayette to visit the United States, his adopted country. Lafayette’s tour of all 24 states in 1824 and 1825 drew large crowds and sparked a renewal of patriotism. During the American Revolution, Lafayette’s intense advocacy of the American cause had convinced French King Louis XVI to send troops and ships, which proved crucial to the American victory at Yorktown.
After traveling by coach along the Milledgeville Stage Road, Lafayette spent the night in Warrenton on March 25, 1825, on his way from Augusta to Milledgeville. He left the next morning for Sparta, Georgia.
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