Marquis De Lafayette Research Paper

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This tablet was erected in 1940 to honor the "spirit of Marquis de Lafayette" and the nation of France for their assistance in the American Revolution. The Marquis de Lafayette was a young, French nobleman who volunteered to fight in the American Revolutionary War. After the war ended and he returned home, Lafayette only visited the United States a few times. On at least one occasion, he stopped by the town of Gallipolis, which had French roots itself, being settled by the so-called French 500. The plaque is just one of many objects in town referencing America’s French ally Lafayette.

The Marquis de Lafayette was born in 1757. He was orphaned at a young age and joined the French Royal Army at age fourteen. In 1775, he heard about the American