HistoPoli: A Look Into Our Past and Present

Marquis de Lafayette: The Hero of the Two Worlds

Will Russell Season 1 Episode 5

Today we examine a revolutionary icon that is the Marquis de Lafayette. Full name for those who are wondering is Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, yeah so we are just gonna go with Lafayette. He was able to transcend the barrier between the old world and the new, and becomes a respected war hero and politician in both America and France. His legacy lives on today, and we hope to shed some more light upon it here.

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