LAFAYETTE’S TOUR
- Program
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- Location
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- Grant Recipient
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Lafayette Trail
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Event, People, Site
- 2205 Jamestown Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA
- 37.22757, -76.784005
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The Lafayette Trail, Inc.
LAFAYETTE’S TOUR
Inscription
LAFAYETTE'S TOURON OCTOBER 22, 1824, GENERAL
LAFAYETTE EMBARKED ON
THE STEAMBOAT PETERSBURG
IN JAMESTOWN AND ARRIVED
IN NORFOLK LATER THAT DAY.
VA CHILDREN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2025
General Lafayette left Williamsburg, Virginia at 10:00 AM for Jamestown where the steamboat Petersburg, escorted by two Navy barges, awaited him. A committee of dignitaries from Norfolk, VA met him on board, and a sumptuous buffet was served, accompanied by music performed by a band from the USS North Carolina. Lafayette and his entourage arrived in Norfolk, VA at 5:00 that evening.