Posted on 09/06/2023 6:27:18 PM PDT by Ozguy1945
Gilbert du Motier was A French aristocrat, born in France on September 6, 1757, who became a commander for George Washington in the Continental Army against the English in 1781’s Siege of Yorktown. He named one of his four children Georges Washington.
Here are some of his words:
“When the government violates the people’s rights, insurrection is …… the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.”
“Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.”
God Bless Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette.
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Could use a few men like him today.
Unfortunately, he wasn’t very effective in the later stages of France’s own revolution, fled the country when his arrest was ordered, and spent five or so years in prison for his efforts to steer the revolution away from The Terror…
Last time I was in Paris, I went to Latin Mass at the church where Lafayette got married in 1774... St Roch a beautiful old church a few blocks from the Louvre. Remembered the great man’s service to the cause of freedom in our country.
A hero on two continents.
Five years in a French Revolutionary prison? Horror show...
Amazing man. And, if I recall correctly, he was only 19 when he came to America.
Cannot be said enough. 🙏
“Could use a few men like him today.”
As Archie B said about Herbert Hoover.
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