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LAFAYETTE’S TOUR

Program
Lafayette Trail
Subject
Event, People, Site
Location
200 Charleston Southern Blvd, North Charleston, SC 29406, USA
Lat/Long
32.979444, -80.073056
Grant Recipient
The Lafayette Trail, Inc.
Historic Marker

LAFAYETTE’S TOUR

Inscription

LAFAYETTE'S TOUR
ON MARCH 13, 1825, GENERAL
LAFAYETTE SPENT THE NIGHT AT
THE IZARD PLANTATION. THE
NEXT MORNING, HE LEFT AT
DAWN HEADING FOR CHARLESTON.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2025

General Lafayette and his entourage spent the night at the home of the Ralph Izard family as they were traveling from Columbia to Charleston, South Carolina. Ralph Izard III (1742-1804) had lent money to the Patriot cause and later served in the Continental Congress.

The home no longer stands as it was virtually destroyed in the Charleston earthquake of 1886. As of 1964, the property is home to Charleston Southern University.