Lafayette Tour Marker, Braddock, Pennsylvania (PA-91)

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. 

Lafayette and his entourage traveled down the Monongahela River from Elizabethtown (present day Elizabeth) in a ceremonial barge, arriving at Braddock’s Field on Sunday evening, May 29, 1825. He was welcomed at the Wallace Mansion, the home of George Wallace, Esq., where he spent the night. He departed the next morning for Pittsburgh.

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