Lafayette Tour Marker Hermitage, Tennessee (TN-26)

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 convinced King Louis XVI of France to send troops and ships, which proved crucial to the American victory at Yorktown. 

On May 5, 1825, during his triumphant Farewell Tour of the United States, Lafayette traveled to The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson’s plantation outside Nashville. During that visit, Lafayette was shown a pair of pistols that he had gifted to George Washington in 1778. 

Learn about Revolutionary War Combat Strategy. Watch the Revolutionary War Animated Map. For a summary, read An Overview of the American Revolution.