In 2024-2025, communities throughout the U.S. will commemorate the bicentennial of Lafayette’s return to America. Between July 1824 and September 1825, ”the Hero of Two Worlds” toured America, visiting all 24 states and the District of Columbia. Nearly fifty years after the American Revolution, he was received with parades, banquets and military salutes. In October 1824, he paid a visit to Martha and Thomas Peter at Tudor Place, a much-awaited reunion between Lafayette and Martha Peter, a granddaughter of Martha Washington.

Join Executive Director Mark Hudson and Curator Rob DeHart in conversation with Washington Information publisher, Denise Rolark Barnes. Their conversation will explore what Lafayette did in Washington DC and as a supporter of equality and liberty, how he addressed the slavery he encountered during his visit to America in 1824. They’ll share details about Lafayette’s October visits and the banquet held at Tudor Place in his honor.

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Click to see events at Tudor Place that commemorate Lafayette’s Bicentennial anniversary