State joined the union on June 15, 1836 – State No 25/50
Capital: Little Rock
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□ TOPIC II: Around 100 Towns, Counties, Places named for Lafayette in 38 States
Synthesis realized by Gérard Charpentier Ph.D. 01-01-2016
(click on the map to enlarge)
TOPIC I (T1) – OUTDOOR SCULPTURES IN ARKANSAS
Statues, Busts, Monuments, Memorials… Historic Parks and Places…
(No outdoor sculptures found)
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TOPIC II (T2) – MANY PLACES…
Town, city, village, county, township … may refer or are named for
General Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette or La Grange, « Home » of Lafaytte
Fayetteville, AR – a Town
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Lafayette County, AR
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Lafayette Township, AR – Lonoke County
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Lafayette Township, AR – Ouachita County
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Lafayette Township, AR – Scott County
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Fayette Township, AR – Calhoun County
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La Grange, AR – a Town
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TOPIC III (T3) – STREETS, ROADS, SQUARES, …
Parks, places, sites …
Little Rock, AR – State Capital
Lafayette Ave.
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Fayetteville, AR – Lafayette St.
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Van Buren, AR – Lafayette St.
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Stamps, AR – Lafayette Rd.
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Taylor, AR – Lafayette Rd.
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TOPIC IV (T4) – INDOOR OBJECTS, MUSEUMS …
Pictures, busts, Exhibitions …
(No information found)
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TOPIC IV (T4) – LAFAYETTE AND FRANCE
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1765-1783)
They played a key role in the American Revolution (1765-1783)
and during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
Between 1778 and 1783,
44 177 French soldiers and sailors fought aside the “American Insurgents”,
5 040 gave their live for their independence.
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Road markers, places, objects…
LAFAYETTE INVOLVEMENT DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR
He enlisted as a volunteer without pay alongside the « Insurgents » of the 13 English colonies in America who declared independence unilaterally July 4, 1776
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale
Lafayette : First military campaign : from June 1777 to January 1779
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Lafayette : Back in France to plead the cause of the “Insurgents” : from February 1779 to March 1780
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Lafayette : Second military campaign : from April 1780 to December 1781
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FRANCE INVOLVEMENT DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Louis XVI – King of France and Navare
1768-1777 – France secretly helps the American Insurgents
1768: Baron de Kalb a Bavarian-born French military, traveled to America on a covert mission (to determine the level of discontent among colonists) on behalf of France.
1775-1776-1777: France secretly sent military supplies. During these three years France had been sent secretly to the American rebels over five million “livres” of aid.
1778-1782 – France officialy and fully aids the American Insurgents
1778 (February) – Franco American Treaty
(Later Spain (in 1779) and Dutch (in 1780) became allies of France)
*1778-1779 – 1st “French Expedition” under Comte d’Estaing
*1780-1781-1782- 2nd “French Expedition” under Comte de Rochambeau
*1781- The French Navy under Comte de Grasse joins the Franco-American ground Forces in Yorktown, VA
(No involvement. The State did not exist in 1765-1783)
Go to the 13 states involved :
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts (South and North), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia.
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TOPIC VI (T6) – LAFAYETTE VISIT (August 4 to December 22, 1784)
Road markers, places, objects…
(No visit. The State did not exist in 1784)
In 1784, Lafayette visited all the 13 States of America except Georgia, where he enjoyed an enthusiastic welcome.
Go to the States visited :
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts (South and North today Maine), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia).
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TOPIC VII (T7) – LAFAYETTE’S FAREWELL TOUR (1824-1825)
Road markers, places, objects…
(No visit. The State did not exist in 1824-1825)
Go to the 24 States visited :
Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine (ex-Massachusetts / North part), Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia. Plus Washington D.C.
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