# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Eat, Drink & Be Literary! Founders Series: Marquis de Lafayette
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 06 Nov, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Fri, 06 Nov, 2026 at 10:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: How a traitor to his class, 19 year-old French idealist Marquis de Lafayette, became a fearless battlefield commander and American icon.About this EventThe second in the Eat, Drink & Be Literary! Founders Series features historian and author Marc Leepson, author of Lafayette: Idealist General.  A 19-year-old scion of an aristocratic family, Lafayette was filled with a firery revolutionary zeal when he volunteered to fight in the Continental Army in 1775 and quickly became a formidable leader in the army of General George Washington, with whom he became a lifelong friend. Indeed, Lafayette would become one of the most beloved and revered of the Patriot leaders.Journalist and historian Marc Leepson is the author of 11 books, including Saving Monticello; Flag: An American Biography,; What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life .A former staff writer for Congressional Quarterly he has written for many magazines and newspapers, including Preservation, Smithsonian, Military History, Civil War Times, Vietnam, the Washington Post, New York Times, New York Times Book Review, and The Wall Street Journal.He graduated from George Washington University in 1967. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1967-69, including a year in the Vietnam War, he received his honorable discharge and went on to earn a Master’s Degree in history from George Washington in 1971. Lafayette: Idealist General will be on sale and the author available to sign following the program.Tickets: $15 in Advance/$20 at the DoorReserved tables for 4: $54Reserved tables for 6: $84Hors d'oeurvres Served/Local Beers and Wines on SaleDoors and The Gap Bar open at 3 p.m./Program begins at 4 p.m.Presented by The Town of Hillsboro & The Hillsboro Preservation Foundation  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/1bde0a50-c381-11f1-8964-5b65d1557b86-rimg-w493-h740-dc181808-gmir.jpg
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hillsboro/eat-drink-and-be-literary-founders-series-marquis-de-lafayette/100002003060791749
- **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, literary-art, Workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0
- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Age Limit: All Ages
  - Duration: 4 hours
  - Location: Hillsboro Old Stone School
  - Languages: English

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 17.85, max: 91.48, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Hillsboro
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Hillsboro Old Stone School
- **lat**: 39.19836179999999
- **long**: -77.7205075
- **full address**: Hillsboro Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Eat, Drink & Be Literary! Founders Series: Marquis de Lafayette being held?
  - **A:** Eat, Drink & Be Literary! Founders Series: Marquis de Lafayette takes place on Fri, 06 Nov, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Fri, 06 Nov, 2026 at 10:00 pm at Hillsboro Old Stone School, 37098 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Eat, Drink & Be Literary! Founders Series: Marquis de Lafayette?
  - **A:** Eat, Drink & Be Literary! Founders Series: Marquis de Lafayette is organized by Town of Hillsboro, Hillsboro Preserv. Foundation.

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