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
The Lafayette Welcoming Parade of 1824 was a parade held in New York City on August 16, 1824, to welcome the arrival of the Marquis de Lafayette on the occasion of his visit to the United States for a
Lafayette Welcoming Parade of 1824 (Philadelphia)
…The Philadelphia welcoming parade for Lafayette has been described as the "most sumptuous pageantry" of all such events held during his tour. Lafayette Welcoming Parade of 1824 (New York)…
An account in the Woodstock Observer of Lafayette's arrival in New York.
The 67-year-old Lafayette was so widely celebrated on his arrival in New York that, the New York Mirror wrote, "ladies forget their lovers to dream of him".