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and saluted him with its colours; all were decorated with a riband bearing his portrait. During this review, the cannon thundered from the shore, in the forts, and from all the vessels of war. At the extremity of the line of troops, elegant carriages were in waiting. General
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who arrived in a steamboat as an emissary of the city government. The young
Tompkins requested Lafayette delay his entrance into Manhattan as the city was observing the Sabbath and would not be able to welcome him appropriately. The trip to Manhattan was, therefore, postponed to Monday, August 16.
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After more than a year spent touring the United States, Lafayette returned to New York in July 1825, two months before his departure for France. The welcoming festivity on this occasion has been called one "of the most unusual celebrations of
Lafayette" that had taken place to that date. In and
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car drawn by four white horses, and in the midst of an immense crowd, we went to the City Hall. On our way, all the streets were decorated with flags and drapery, and from all the windows flowers and wreathes were showered upon the general.
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issued a formal invitation for him to visit the United States; penned by President
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where an enormous military escort had been assembled to usher him along
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Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
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Lafayette's barge travels from Staten Island to Castle Clinton.
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Parade welcoming the Marquis de Lafayette to New York City
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his visit to the United States for a sixteen-month tour
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wrote, "ladies forget their lovers to dream of him".
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