Monday, July 28, 2025
10:00 AM 4:00 PM
Historic Rock Ford
881 Rockford Road Lancaster, PA 17601 USA
Join us as we welcome the Marquis de Lafayette with fanfare and celebration, partnering with “The American Friends of Lafayette” who are re-creating the bicentennial of Lafayette’s exact step-by-step farewell tour through America from August 1824 through September 1825. Historic Rock Ford is thrilled to host Lafayette during the bicentennial of his original trip to Lancaster, PA in July 1825.
Our “Lafayette Day” celebration at Historic Rock Ford will include various free, fun, and educational activities throughout the day, including:
Live musicians
Fife & Drum performances
Self-guided open house tours of the circa 1794 General Hand Mansion
Sutlers
Re-enactors/encampment
Local youth art show
Food for sale
1825: Lafayette in Lancaster, focus exhibit in the Snyder Gallery
Farm wagon tours
Open hearth cooking demonstrations
Garden talks
Conestoga Wagon
Children’s Activity Tent w/ crafts & games
Period dancing demonstrations
Children’s Maypole dancing
Vignette performances on the piazza
French dining display
Guest speakers & authors
Reproduction of the original “triumphal arch” from 1825
Photo opportunities
We invite you to “Celebrate, Educate & Commemorate” Lafayette’s bicentennial tour with us!
You may also like the following events from The American Friends of Lafayette:
- This month, 27th June, 04:15 pm, Lafayette Presentation Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster
- Next month, 12th July, 11:00 am, Lafayette Artifacts in Morristown
- Next month, 13th July, 12:00 pm, Bicentennial of Lafayette’s Farewell Tour Visits Morristown, NJ in Morristown
Also check out other
Arts events in Lancaster,
Music events in Lancaster,
Literary Art events in Lancaster.
