BY FROMA HARROP Thirty-six American cities and towns are named after the Marquis de Lafayette – the best-known being Fayetteville, NC, and Lafayette, LA. Countless streets, parks and counties also honor the French aristocrat who left his country at age 19 to enlist with George Washington in the American Revolution. [There’s also Lafayette College in Easton, PA.] Many other American locales bear the name of La Grange, Lafayette’s chateau in France. LaGrange, GA, comes to […]
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