Easton, PA, United States
Lafayette College Founding. At White's Hotel near here, on Dec. 27, 1824, local citizens gathered to found Lafayette College. One of their leaders, James Madison Porter, had recently met Lafayette during the French general's well-received American tour of 1824-25, that revived widespread patriotic s
entiments about American independence. The College is one of the principal US memorials to this statesman and military leader instrumental in our nation's birth.
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