Town of La Fayette, NY Website
Town of La Fayette, NY Website
This town, named after the Marquis de LaFayette, was taken
from Pompey and Onondaga and organized April 15, 1825.
The French general Marquis de Lafayette, called the hero of two worlds, was prominent in both the American revolution and the French Revolution. Born on Sept. 6, 1757, to a noble family in the Auvergne, he defied the French authorities in 1777 by crossing the Atlantic to offer his services to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
A friend of George Washington, who became his model, he served under him at the Battle of the Brandywine and at Valley Forge.
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