Lafayette Tour Marker, Warner, New Hampshire (NH-61)
5 E. Main Street
Warner Town Hall
Warner, NH 03278
United States
President James Monroe invited the Marquis de Lafayette to visit the United States, his adopted country. Lafayette’s tour of all 24 states in 1824 and 1825 drew large crowds and sparked a renewal of patriotism. During the American Revolution, Lafayette’s intense advocacy of the American cause convinced King Louis XVI of France to send troops and ships, which proved crucial to the American victory at Yorktown.
On June 27, 1825, General Lafayette visited Warner, New Hampshire. An article in the July 9, 1825 edition of The Farmer’s Cabinet captures the visit details: On reaching the line of Warner, an escort of citizens was ready to receive him [Lafayette] and a short address was made by Dr. Long. He was then escorted to the village at the meeting house, where a table was set on the common, with refreshments of which he partook; and then resumed his route. Salutes were fired as he passed through this town.
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