The Nation's Guest - the return of The Marquis de Lafayette
- May 12, 2025
- Jeffersonville, IN 47130
- 502-554-5504
Lafayette and his entourage is escorted by the Army Old Guard Fife & Drum Corp to Jeffersonville via the Big Four Bridge to the Big Four Station Park including Indiana Masons, SAR, DAR, local dignitaries and descendants of Zalmon Burritt, a Revolutionary War soldier who came to greet Lafayette in Jeffersonville in May, 1825!
There will be music, a short speech by Lafayette before we proceed to Veteran's Memorial Park for a Dedication of Unknown Revolutionary War Patriots and the planting of two trees.
Return to Big Four Station Park for food and drink (non alcoholic) and toasts to Washington, Nathanael Greene and more!
This event is Free and Open to the public.
For more information about the Lafayette Bicentennial, visit www.lafayette200.org
- Presented By: American Friends of Lafayette
- Dates: May 12, 2025
- Location: Big Four Station Park
- Address: Jeffersonville, IN 47130
- Phone: 502-554-5504
- Time: 1:15 PM to 4:00 PM
- Price: Free