Who sailed from France to America as a youth in 1777 on hearing the colonies had proclaimed independence from Britain and offered his services to Congress, and then amongst other things in his life, drafted a declaration of rights for the French revolution, designed the tricolor cockade, and went to prison for treachery. In the late 60s he paid a last visit to the United States and was received as a hero, the most highly regarded Frenchman to visit American shores?

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essaychess says: Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette Tue Aug 21 07:07:48 CDT 2001 By the way, it was in HIS late sixties that he made his triumphant tour of the U.S. (not the 1860s) Tue Aug 21 07:08:55 CDT 2001 (Reposted as one entry - McG) Mar 21 03, 7:30 PM