From Local Kicks http://www.localkicks.com/article.jsp?ID=339
"The Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) stayed here during his month-long visit to Alexandria in 1824. Lafayette was commissioned a major general by Congress on July 31, 1777, and he met General Washington the next day. Not yet twenty, he was virtually adopted by Washington, fought with distinction in a number of battles throughout th
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