The Lafayette Welcoming Parade of 1824 was a parade held in Philadelphia in September 1824 to welcome the arrival of the Marquis de Lafayette on the occasion of his visit to the United States for a si
The Marquis de Lafayette enters Philadelphia in 1824.
The parade ended at Independence Hall, pictured here in 2006.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789
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Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Found
Lafayette Welcoming Parade of 1824 (Philadelphia)
…cheer Lafayette as his coach passed; seeing them he stood and "saluted them most respectfully with three low bows". The parade ultimately terminated at Independence Hall, where a reception was held in his honor. The Philadelphia welcoming parade for Lafayette has been described as the "most sumptuous pageantry" of all…
Exterior of Independence Hall
The Liberty Bell (foreground) was housed in the highest chamber of the brick tower from the 1780s until the 1850s
The Assembly Room, where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were both authored and adopted in 1776 and 1787, respectively
Congress Voting Independence, a 1795 portrait by Robert Edge Pine depicting the Assembly Room in present-day Independence Hall during the American Revolution