Marquis De Lafayette
Late in the Revolutionary War, Marquis de Lafayette, the General commanding the French troops supporting the Continental Army, camped in Albemarle County along the Three Notch'd Road at Giles Allegre's Tavern on Mechunk Creek while guarding important munitions stored at the Old Albemarle County Courthouse located at Scottsville on the James.
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Famous quotes containing the words marquis de and/or marquis:
“To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)
“Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.”
—Don Marquis (1878–1937)