Please join us for our 2nd Lafayette event, this Friday, July 11th, at 1pm at the Hammond Pavilion across from the City Admin building. It is almost 200 yrs to the day that the Marquis paid a second visit to Joseph Bonaparte at Point Breeze. Lafayette re-enactor, Michael Halbert, will speak (he did a great job when he spoke about Lafayette last September), as will BHS Director Peter Tucci, and Paul Larson, Chair, NJ Lafayette Bicentennial Committee - American Friends of Lafayette and Vice President of the Lawrence Historical Society.
The Marquis was one of the most consequential people in helping us defeat the British. His first visit to Pt Breeze was in September 1824. We celebrated that event last September with speeches and the dedication of a beautiful marker commemorating his visit.
Please join us this Friday and learn more about and honor this incredible man.
Below is the beautiful Lafayette Tour marker, now located at the entrance to Point Breeze. It was dedicated last September and was donated to us by the William C. Pomeroy Foundation.
2nd photo is Lafayette re-enactor Michael Halbert
