Photo Gallery: General LaFayette
Marker text:
Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier Marquis de LaFayette
(1757-1834) was bron in the Castle of Chavagnac, in Auvergne, France. H
entered the French Army early in life and in 1777 came to America and
volunteered for service in the Revolutionary Army. Congress made him a Major
General. He became a close friend of General George Washington, was wounded
at Brandywine, suffered a winter at Valley Forge and distinguished himself
in the Yorktown caampaign.
In 1824 he revisited America, including
Georgia. Congress voted him $200,000 and a township of land. He died in
Paris. This city is proudly named for him.
146-11 Georgia Historical Commission 1953
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