Lafayette and the American Revolution remembered
The article recounts Lafayette's volunteer role and Washington’s respect, the French officers in Rochambeau's army, and the Yorktown victory. It notes Lafayette's journey from nobility to ally, the French impact on siege operations, and a Marblehead tribute including Lafayette’s public parades and a street-coach episode in 1789.
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Washington
Lafayette
Brinsot
Mt. Vernon
M. de Lafayette
Bastile
Liberty
Rochambeau
Pincea
Herbier
Yorktown
France
Viecount
de Noailles
Newport
Saint-Simon
Closen
Chastellux
Mirabes
Talleyrand
Barras
Marras
Uberty
America
Duke of Cumberland
George III of England
Mets
Count de Broglie
American
Mary
Ington
Brandywine
Boon
Valley Forge
Lord Cornwallis
Corowallia
Albemarle
Marblehead
Masa
Independence hall and the dream of interdependence
The piece muses on Independence Hall as sacred ground and casts the 1776 Declaration as a precursor to a future "Declaration of Interdependence." It contrasts colonial independence with a global vision of interdependence, urging world unity and a new charter by free nations meeting at Independence Hall.
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Independence Hall
Monos
Thirteen Colonies
Tennyson
Itelf
Great Britain
England
George 111
Patriota
Europe
Minuteman
Concord
America
Beribr
Old North Bridge
Hritinh
Romaves Hawthorne
Apirit
Flower
Analo-Baxon
Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Western Hemisphere
Tim
France
Portugal
British Empire
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Aigurehead
Lloyd George
George V
Ethica
Simeon
Sind
Mas Baer Phrouah
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