• Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

  • By: Kirk Monroe
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Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

By: Kirk Monroe
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  • History 101. Book and Trip Reviews.

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  • Lafayette Getting Reacquainted With Two Prominent Virginia Forefathers

    Lafayette Getting Reacquainted With Two Prominent Virginia Forefathers
    Jan 11 2025

    Discover who Lafayette met in person come April 29, 1781 just a couple of months prior to Yorktown Siege Campaign. Learn how many days it took Lafayette and his party to reach their end westward destination from Richmond, Virginia starting November 2. Find out who Lafayette himself got reconnected with after 35 Years come November 5, 1824. Go behind the scenes and learn important background information about the man Lafayette reconnects with. Figure out firsthand if anyone documented the entire event of Lafayette’s time spent at this person’s estate. Learn what host & guest aka Lafayette embarked upon come November 6, 1824. Get an in depth analysis behind what the host himself showed Lafayette on November 6. Learn if a sensitive subject was brought up by Lafayette himself during time spent with this particular host. Get a brief timeline involving Lafayette’s host starting around late1824 until his passing in July 1826.



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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Officer And Double Spy Reunited 40 Years Later

    Officer And Double Spy Reunited 40 Years Later
    Jan 8 2025
    Learn where Lafayette returned to come October 18, 1824. Understand why two o’clock on the afternoon of October 18 was so important. Get an in depth analysis behind how old the town was prior to year 1781 including some unique facts. Discover if Lafayette was joined by another Continental Army Officer where objective before them involved trying to capture enemy fortifications. Learn if this town had ever truly been a large metropolis prior to and after Revolutionary War’s end including when it reached its height of development. Determine what state this town remained in by 1824 when Lafayette himself visited. Get an understanding behind what stood out as being grand come evening of October 18, 1824. Understand why George Washington’s tent served as a vital symbol behind the friendship he had with Marquis de Lafayette. Explore the concept behind freedom and determine firsthand if it was good or bad following America’s Independence from England. Go behind the scenes and learn everything there is to know about Lafayette’s friendship with an enslaved man named James Armistead. Learn how James Armistead served in various capacities which benefited Lafayette. Get a timeline of events between 1783-1787 involving Virginia Legislature’s passing measures granting freedom to slaves who participated in the Revolutionary War. Learn which people go up to bat for James Armistead including the end outcome. Discover how Marquis de Lafayette & James Armistead get reunited after not seeing one another for 40 Years including how Armistead himself is remembered in present day times.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Marquis de Lafayette’s Emotional Return To Mount Vernon

    Marquis de Lafayette’s Emotional Return To Mount Vernon
    Jan 5 2025
    Go behind the scenes and learn what official measure took place prior to 1824,155 Years earlier come October 21, 1669. Discover what happened on Saturday October 16, 1824 involving Lafayette. Learn everything possible about Lafayette’s visit to a port city located right outside Washington D.C. including his meeting noteworthy people. Agree if it’s fair to say that Marquis de Lafayette himself knew George Washington very well from an insiders standpoint. Find out if in fact Lafayette himself lived with the Washington Family after Revolutionary War’s end. Understand importance behind a letter which Washington himself wrote to Lafayette regarding the future in seeing one another again. Discover when Lafayette officially learned the news about Washington’s death. Learn if Lafayette himself recognizes a servant whom he met 40 Years earlier in 1784 and is still alive 40 Years later come 1824. Determine if in fact George Washington freed any enslaved people at Mount Vernon shortly after his death. Find out how Lafayette arrived to Mount Vernon including his thoughts upon whom would & wouldn’t be there to officially greet him. Go behind the scenes and learn exactly what Lafayette had sent George Washington come March 1790 & still remained present at Mount Vernon by 1824. Understand just how emotional of a return it was for Father & Son Lafayette to visit Mount Vernon. Go behind the scenes and learn firsthand how emotional Lafayette himself was upon receiving a gift that involved something personal of George Washington’s. Determine if Lafayette clutched onto anything unique around Washington’s tomb.

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    1 hr and 11 mins

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