Connecticut Welcomes Lafayette – AGAIN!
Lafayette’s Bicentennial Tour of Connecticut in 2024
In 1824-1825, as part of a nationwide tour of the United States, Revolutionary War General, Marquis de Lafayette, passed through Connecticut making stops in twenty-six towns along the route. Although fifty years had passed since the close of the Revolutionary War, Lafayette was still revered by Americans and was greeted by thousands of citizens hoping to get a glimpse of the hero as he traveled through the state. Most historians believe that America could not have won the war without the help of the young French General and yet many Americans today know little about him. We hope that the efforts of our committee will educate and remind Connecticut residents of the life and work of this remarkable man.
Lafeyette visited 28 CT Towns in 1824 – click below to learn what happened in each town!
Towns on Route in order visited by Lafayette in 1824: Greenwich, Stamford, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford, New Haven, East Haven, Branford, Guilford, Madison, Clinton, Westbrook, Old Saybrook, Old Lyme, East Lyme, New London, Norwich, Jewett City, Plainfield, Stafford Springs, Tolland, Vernon, Hartford, Cromwell, and Middletown.
American Friends of Lafayette Bicentennial Teaser from American Friends of Lafayette on Vimeo.
Join our partner, The American Friends of Lafayette, for information on the 2024 National Bicentennial Tour of Lafayette and learn about the hundreds of events scheduled throughout the United States in 2024-2025.
Upcoming events in Connecticut as part of the
Lafayette National Bicentennial Tour
August 7, 2024 | Hagaman Memorial LIbrary | East Haven, Connecticut |
August 18, 2024 | American Friends of Lafayette, Horseneck DAR, Alliance Francaise Greenwich, and the Greenwich Historical Society | NY/CT Border |
August 19, 2024 | Greenwich Historical Society | Greenwich, Connecticut |
August 20, 2024 | Norwalk Historical Society | Norwalk, Connecticut |
August 21, 2024 | Hagaman Memorial Library | East Haven, Connecticut |
August 21, 2024 | Preservation Connecticut | New Haven, Connecticut |
August 21, 2024 | New Haven Museum | New Haven, Connecticut |
August 22, 2024 | Norwich Historical Society | Norwich, Connecticut |
September 4, 2024 | Old State House Museum and Connecticut Museum of Culture and History | Hartford, Connecticut |
September 5, 2024 | Mystic Seaport | Mystic, Connecticut |
September 6, 2024 | Webb Deane Stevens Museum | Wethersfield, Connecticut |
September 7, 2024 | Lafayette Symposium | Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT |