In order to prevent this, Washington hastened to dispatch several units to reinforce the fort, including a force under the Marquis De Lafayette containing some 160 of Morgan's riflemen, all who were fit for duty at this time, the rest having no shoes.

Nathanael Greene told Washington that `` Lafayette was charmed with the spirited behavior of the militia and riflemen ''.

The Americans lost forty-four men, among them Major Joseph Morris of Morgan's regiment, an officer who was regarded with high esteem and affection, not only by his commander, but by Washington and Lafayette as well.

General ( United States ) | General Washington and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette | Lafayette look over the troops at Valley Forge.

In 1884, architect Henry Hobson Richardson designed adjoining townhouses for Hay and Adams on Lafayette Square in Washington, D. C ..

On January 13, 1888, 33 explorers and scientists gathered at the Cosmos Club, a private club then located on Lafayette Square in Washington, D. C., to organize " a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge.

On June 3, 1981, Thomas launched the longest running peace vigil in US history at Lafayette Square in Washington, D. C ..

#* Van Buren is reported to have attended the Dutch Reformed church in his home town of Kinderhook, New York, and while in Washington, services at St. John's Lafayette Square.

He has positioned Lafayette to the right of three pedestals: one has a bust of Benjamin Franklin, another of George Washington, and the third seems reserved for Lafayette.

In 1825, the city of New York commissioned Morse for $ 1, 000 to paint a portrait of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, in Washington.

Morse immediately left Washington for his home at New Haven, leaving the portrait of Lafayette unfinished.

After purchasing a. 44 revolver, Guiteau obsessively stalked President Garfield at Lafayette Square Park and at Garfield's Disciples of Christ Church in Washington.

Decatur House in Washington, DC, a National Historic Landmark and museum on Lafayette Square near the White House, has exhibits on urban slavery and Charlotte Dupuy's freedom suit against Henry Clay.

He registered at Lafayette on September 12 and promptly became involved in extracurricular activities ; he took up baseball once more and joined the largest fraternity, Delta Upsilon, and two rival groups: the Washington Literary Society and the Franklin Literary Society.

Many are named for General Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, a French officer who fought under General George Washington in the American Revolutionary War.

* Georges Washington de La Fayette ( 1779 – 1849 ), son of marquis de Lafayette

French General Lafayette traveled this road to join forces with Washington, and stopped in Douglas during the Revolutionary War.

* 1895: Lafayette and Washington Monument, in the Place des États-Unis, Paris, and an exact replica at Morningside Park, New York City, United States.

In the first part, the events which led to the downfall of Granada are related with uncommon brilliancy, and Pérez de Hita's sympathetic transcription of life at the Emir's court has clearly suggested the conventional presentation of the picturesque, chivalrous Moor in the pages of Mlle de Scudéry, Mme de Lafayette, Châteaubriand and Washington Irving.

Its name is in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette ( or de la Fayette ), who aided General George Washington in the American Revolutionary War.

Many are named for General Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, a French officer who fought under General George Washington in the American Revolutionary War.

In 1842, Dolley Madison joined St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square in Washington, D. C.

Jacobs University has established student exchange programs with Universidad de Murcia Spain, Rice University, Washington State University, Carnegie Mellon University in the USA, Sciences Po in France, Lafayette College in the USA, Thammasat University in Thailand, Università degli Studi di Cagliari and Università degli Studi di Roma " La Sapienza " in Italy, and more recently with the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and Instituto de Empresa in Spain.

Known as Washington until 1829, the city was named after General Lafayette, a French general who helped the colonies gain freedom in the American Revolutionary War.

A picket guard of about 350, mostly Hessians, were attacked by the Americans under Lafayette, and driven back to their camp, some twenty to thirty of them falling before the riflemen's fire.

A Norfolk Southern Railway line runs across the north end of the county on its route between Danville, Illinois and Lafayette ; it carries about 45 freight trains each day.

Thorntown is located in northwestern Boone City, about halfway between Lafayette and Indianapolis.

It is located about northwest of the state capital of Indianapolis and across the Wabash River from its sister city, Lafayette.

It is about west of Lafayette and about east of the Illinois border.

Monon is located on U. S. Route 421 about north of Lafayette.

By 1834, the population was large enough, estimated at about 200 households, for Lafayette County to be divided into two counties.

Louis was born on May 13, 1914 in a ramshackle dwelling on Bell on Chapel Road, located about a 1. 6 km ( 1 mile ) off Alabama's Route 50 and roughly 10 km ( six miles ) north of Lafayette in rural Chambers County, Alabama.

Richmond was about to suffer the same fate, but Lafayette arrived, and the British, not wanting to engage in a major battle, withdrew to Petersburg on May 10.

The Tippecanoe River is a gentle, river in northern Indiana that flows from Big Lake in Noble County to the Wabash River near Battle Ground, about northeast of Lafayette.

His songs ( such as Le Vieux Drapeau ), helped to bring about the revolution of 1830, and he played a part, with his friends Lafitte and Lafayette, in placing Louis Philippe I upon the throne, but refused all the appointments proffered by the king and his ministers ; he simply desired to live as a philosopher, content with the income from the sale of his songs, and preserving his personal independence.

In the Illinois Country,, Kickapoos, and Mascoutens took Fort Ouiatenon ( about southwest of present Lafayette, Indiana ) on June 1, 1763.

Among sites that claim a relation to these pseudohistorical figures are a house north of Lafayette, Louisiana, which supposedly belonged to Gabriel, and the grave of Emmeline in the Perpetual Adoration Garden & Historic Cemetery in St. Martin de Tours Church Square, on Main Street, St. Martinville ( the site having been determined for its convenience by local boosters about the turn of the 20th century ).

At about RM 9 ( RK 14 ), Hawn Creek and then Millican Creek enter from the left as the Yamhill nears Lafayette, which lies to the river's left.

But he was enthusiastic about this new project and visited the recently-opened domed facility in Biloxi, Mississippi, and Madison Square Garden in New York City to gain insight on how he would make the Lafayette structure unique.

Blaine Pardoe is an award winning author, having won the Historical Society of Michigan's State History Award in 2011 and the Silver Medal from the Military Writer's Society of America the same year for his book Lost Eagles ( University of Michigan Press ) about Frederick Zinn of the Lafayette Flying Corps.

During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.

His handling of eyewitnesses was criticized by supporters of the accused < sup > 1 </ sup > and the federal court later wrote about the special treatment of key witness Bello by the police: " His motivation was crystallized when, shortly after the trial, police officers and others tried to help him obtain a $ 10, 000 reward offered to persons providing information that led to the arrest and conviction of the Lafayette Bar killers "< sup > 5 </ sup >.

Under the leadership of Walter H. Taylor, about 30 years later, a narrow gauge steam passenger railroad service was established between Norfolk and Ocean View, a 9-mile long line crossing what was then known as Tanner's Creek ( later renamed Lafayette River ).

According to one biographer, he was a descendant of Phillippe Francois Renault, who in 1777 accompanied Lafayette to America and was awarded a land grant by the U. S. ( worth about $ 400 million by Reno's time ).

* Discovery of the Yosemite by Lafayette Bunnell contains most of what we know about Chief Tenaya

* In 1836, Boxley ’ s two oldest sons, Thomas and Addison, founded Boxleytown about four miles ( 6 km ) to the northeast of the Boxley cabin on the old Lafayette Trace.

Currently, the KBSR operates about of trackage in a vaguely triangular shape between Kankakee, Danville, and Lafayette, with numerous sidings.