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LAFAYETTE’S TOUR

Program
Lafayette Trail
Subject
Event, People, Site
Location
300 Mulberry St, Macon, GA 31201, USA
Lat/Long
32.835642, -83.624219
Grant Recipient
The Lafayette Trail, Inc.
Historic Marker

LAFAYETTE’S TOUR

Inscription

LAFAYETTE'S TOUR
ON MARCH 29, 1825, GENERAL
LAFAYETTE WAS WELCOMED ON
BRIDGE ST. NEAR THE FERRY AND
ESCORTED TO THE MACON HOTEL
WHERE FREEMASONS GREETED HIM.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2025

Lafayette remained in town about 2 ½ hours during which a dinner as held. He was traveling from Milledgeville, then the state capital, where he had spent the night at the Governor’s mansion. The stop in Macon was the last one prior to Lafayette entering Creek (now Muscogee) lands.