Bonus: Lafayette & the Hermione

Who was the Marquis de Lafayette? How did he make the Patriots’ success in the American Revolution possible? And why did a group known as the Friends of Hermione-Lafayette in America build an exact replica of the French frigate that brought Lafayette to the United States? These are just some of the questions that Miles Young, President of the Friends of Hermione-Lafayette in America, will answer in this listener-requested episode. Show Notes: http://www.benfranklinsworld.com/lafayette Ask the Historian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices