Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, who was better known as the Marquis de Lafayette, or General LaFayette, was a hero of the Battle of the Brandywine, which was fought in what is ...

Sept. 6 marked the 250th anniversary of the birth of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette — the French hero of the American Revolution and a friend of the Moravians.

When the Marquis Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette — the French-born general, teen Revolutionary War hero and George Washington BFF — did the same in 1824, there were 80,000.

A combination of mentorship, partnership and friendship, the relationship between founding father George Washington and the young French aristocrat Gilbert du Motier — better known as the ...

A reconstruction of the frigate used by the French General Gilbert du Motier - the Marquis de Lafayette - to bring reinforcements to American revolutionaries in 1780 takes to the sea off the west ...

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, known simply as “Lafayette” in the U.S., is pictured. WESTFIELD – The Chautauqua County Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, April 12, ...