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Lafayette Memorial Drive to honor Lafayette’s memory
The piece details a nationwide drive to fund a Lafayette monument costing $200,000, to be unveiled in Paris in 1899. It lists organizers and honorary officials, and explains Lafayette day on October 4, urging schools to collect small donations and forward funds to the commission. It recounts Lafayette’s U.S. esteem, past honors, and the New York welcome and travel tribute to Boston as part of a triumphal tour.
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