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They will wear these words engraved on their uniforms: THE FRENCH PEOPLE, & below: LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY. The same words will be inscribed on flags which bear the three colors of the nation. (French: XVI. Elles porteront sur leur poitrine ces mots gravés : LE PEUPLE FRANÇAIS, & au-dessous : LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ.
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette [a] (French: [ʒilbɛʁ dy mɔtje maʁki d(ə) la fajɛt]; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette [a] (/ ˌ l ɑː f i ˈ ɛ t, ˌ l æ f-/ LA(H)F-ee-ET), was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington ...
Marquis de Lafayette (or Portrait of La Fayette) is an oil on canvas painting by Samuel Morse, from 1825. Mostly known for his invention of the telegraph , Morse was also an artist and a professor of painting and sculpture at the University of the City of New York .
Lafayette - Lessons in Leadership from the Idealist General. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-2301-0504-1. Gottschlk, Louis (2007). Lafayette Comes to America. Read Books. pp. 27. ISBN 978-1-4067-2793-7. Lane, Jason (2003). General and Madame de Lafayette: Partners in Liberty's Cause in the American and French Revolutions. Taylor Trade Publishing.
From 1445 to 1448, La Fayette contributed to reforms in the French army. For example, he established the use of military posts for the suppression of brigandage. [2] In 1449, La Fayette was a signatory to the treaty with Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset. In 1449, La Fayette fought for France Normandy against the English. [2]
For 50 years, Festivals Acadiens et Créoles has been a staple in Lafayette, celebrating the heritage of Louisiana's French-speaking communities.
The reverse bears the words AU NOM DU PEUPLE FRANÇAIS (In the name of the French people) surrounded by a crown of oak (a symbol of perennity) and laurel (a symbol of glory) leaves tied together with weed and grapes (for agriculture and wealth), and the circular national motto LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ.
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