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Lafayette Tour Marker, Buras, Louisiana (LA-105)

38039 LA-23
Fort Jackson, Plaquemines Parish
Buras, LA 70041
United States

President James Monroe invited the Marquis de Lafayette to visit the United States, his adopted country. Lafayette’s tour of all 24 states in 1824 and 1825 drew large crowds and sparked a renewal of patriotism. During the ºÚÁÏÉç Revolution, Lafayette’s intense advocacy of the ºÚÁÏÉç cause convinced King Louis XVI of France to send troops and ships, which proved crucial to the ºÚÁÏÉç victory at Yorktown. 

Traveling along the Mississippi River by steamboat, General Lafayette arrived in Buras, Louisiana, on April 9, 1825, aboard the Natchez. A thirteen-gun salute was fired from Fort St. Philip (formerly Fort Plaquemine) when the Natchez passed by as Lafayette continued his tour to New Orleans, Louisiana.

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