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Bicentennial of Lafayette’s Farewell Tour
October 18 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
This event marks the 200th Anniversary of Lafayette’s historic tour and will feature lectures, reenactments, and family-friendly events to celebrate our alliance with France and the founding of our nation. You’ll discover why Americans turned out in droves to celebrate the charismatic Frenchman everywhere he went – especially in Yorktown!
At 3 p.m. Salute General Lafayette as he disembarks a ship and greets fellow Americans at Riverwalk Landing and the Yorktown waterfront.
The free, accessible Yorktown Trolley will be in operation beginning at 11 a.m. during this event.
On the Docket
2:30 p.m.
- The 229th Infantry Band performs.
3 p.m.
- Lafayette arrives at the Riverwalk Landing Pier on the Luna.
- The Fifes and Drums of York Town perform.
- Artillery salute to Lafayette.
3:15 p.m.
- Welcome by Lafayette and Chuck Schwam of the American Friends of Lafayette at the Riverwalk Landing Stage
Approximately 5 p.m.
Lafayette travels to the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Presented by American Friends of Lafayette, Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, and America 250.
