Marquis de Lafayette Part 6: The Liberty of All Mankind

Marquis de Lafayette
Written By Willem Conner

Cover Image: Portrait of Gilbert Motier the Marquis De Lafayette as a Lieutenant General, 1791. Painting by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1834.

Closing theme: "Ça Ira" (It will be fine)- popular song from the French Revolution.

Returning home after the Yorktown campaign, Lafayette participates in the negotiations that would formally end the Revolutionary War. He subsequently embarks on a grand tour of the United States, revisiting old friends, making new ones, and weighing in on some of the political issues that beset the fledgling nation.

Willem Conner
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