MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE - Founding Son of the American Revolution

Speaker Gene Pisasale will trace General Lafayette’s arrival in America from France at age 19 and his rise to fame as a trusted member of General Washington’s military staff and his participation in the Battle of Brandywine. 

Local historian Gene Pisasale is a member of Chadds Ford Historical Society, American Friends of Lafayette and Friends of Brandywine Battlefield. A lifelong history buff, Pisasale is the author of Lafayette's Gold - The Lost Brandywine Treasure, an historic novel.

The lecture will take place at the Helen Kate Furness Free Library. On display will be Mrs. Thomas Leiper’s invitation to a ball held in Lafayette’s honor, and a copy of a letter written by a Leiper relative describing the lavish event.

For more information, visit the Society's website or its Facebook page.