May 19, 2025 @ 11:00 am
Welcome Lafayette at Riverfront Landing Historic Marker, Proceed to View Lafayette Artifacts at Masonic Center, Cincinnati, OH
Riverfront Public Landing by the American Queen Paddle Wheel sculpture, followed by Cincinnati Masonic Center 317 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Welcome Lafayette at the same place he was received in 1825!
The Cincinnati Riverfront has been developed into a lovely walkway of public parks. We will welcome Lafayette on the walkway plaza next to the American Queen Paddle Wheel sculpture, where the Historic Marker of his visit has been placed by The Lafayette Trail and Pomeroy Foundation.
Speakers will include the Mayor of Cincinnati presenting a Proclamation declaring May 19th as “Marquis de Lafayette Day” and Chuck Schwam, Executive Director of the American Friends of Lafayette. Join members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) in wearing period attire (admired but not required). The SAR Color Guard will provide a salute to honor Lafayette.
Following the welcome event all are invited to proceed up Broadway Street to the Cincinnati Masonic Center to view a display of Lafayette artifacts and information in this beautiful historic building. Artifacts include Lafayette’s signature on the founding documents of Lafayette Lodge No. 81 (which was later merged in the 1990s to form today’s Cincinnati-Lafayette Masonic Lodge No.483).
Open to all, free of charge
More detailed information and a website link will be added in January.
You may also like the following events from The American Friends of Lafayette:
- This Friday, 16th May, 05:00 pm, Beyond the Wounds: Faces of Resilience in Washington
- This Sunday, 18th May, 02:00 pm, Lafayette in Georgetown, Kentucky in Georgetown
- Next Monday, 19th May, 06:30 pm, Lafayette Celebration Dinner and Ball in Cincinnati
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