In a previous post, I wrote about the return voyage of l'Hermione, the Frigate of Freedom, that delivered the young Marquis de Lafayette in 1780 to General Washington with full French aid. Well... it's not exactly a return voyage since the ship is a replica, but it's an authentically reconstructed one, 17 years in the re-making. After sailing 3,819 miles across the Atlantic, she's about to land in Yorktown, just like Lafayette did 235 years. Her next stop after that is Mount Vernon and Alexandria, both in Virginia. While she isn't docking in Old Town until June 10th, the city is already rolling out the red carpet and building up the excitement with a Lafayette in Alexandria Day May 31st. ...
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