The Lafayette Alliance is an organization founded in 2017 and based in LaGrange, Georgia that seeks to inspire, illuminate, and unite, all in the Spirit of Lafayette. Each year the Lafayette Alliance hosts a wreath-laying ceremony on the LaGrange square to commemorate the life and legacy of Lafayette.
“I participate with the Lafayette Alliance because a conversation with Dr. Ingram piqued my curiosity and I found there was much about Lafayette – regarding his values and actions; his position on slavery and other issues – that I did not know. I am interested in helping the Alliance to teach and share some of those stories of his life and influence.” Linda McMullen moved to LaGrange with her family in 1999 to become the Director of the LaGrange College Evening College. A full-time
“I constantly pass the statue of General Lafayette during my day-to-day. In my educational and professional career, I have become cautious of the over glorification of the founding fathers. After all, they were human just like us! But the more I learn about Lafayette, with the inspiration of Dr. Ingram, the more I realize that Lafayette is someone we can point to as a man who was ahead of his time. This is why I give my time and talents to the Alliance and its
“My awareness of Lafayette, his amazing history and his unparalleled importance to America and the world goes back over fifty years. My father, Waights G. Henry, Jr., who served as President of LaGrange College 1948-1978, became interested in learning about the mid-18th to mid-19th century hero and honorary American citizen, the French Marquis de Lafayette, whose beloved home southeast of Paris was the Chateau de LaGrange. Being aware that the founders of our city had named it in honor of Lafayette, my father read much
“As a young girl, I read Elswyth Thane’s novel Dawn’s Early Light and the following summer, my parents took me to Colonial Williamsburg for summer vacation. Ever since, I have been enamored by the Revolutionary Era. When I began to study history in college, that love developed into a deep respect for the men and women who, albeit flawed individuals, sacrificed greatly to make a country out of a colony. Lafayette Alliance allows me an opportunity to educate our community, and hopefully beyond one day, of
Kerri Vice is the Executive Director of the Lafayette Society for the Performing Arts. Originally from Athens, Alabama, Kerri moved to LaGrange in 1994. She earned her Bachelor’s of Mechanical Engineering degree from Auburn University. Kerri worked for Milliken & Co. for thirteen years in Greenville, South Carolina, and then here in LaGrange. There she worked as a Manager and Process Engineer before working in Human Resources and Marketing with the organization. Following her love of entertaining, she started a business, Table Toppers Catering
Coming Soon! Dr. Richard Ingram practices medicine at LaGrange Internal Medicine. Ingram is board certified in nephrology and internal medicine. He completed a fellowship in nephrology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has been with LaGrange Internal Medicine since September 1984. He is a volunteer for the National Kidney Foundation and the “KEEP” screenings. He enjoys public talks on kidney disease, racquetball, tennis, bridge and reading history and biology. His wife Janice teaches high school chemistry and biology. She has been a Star
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Just a few blocks from here we have Sweetland Amphitheatre, and we have rock stars that come from all over the world that come and entertain us. But right here on our square we have what many historians have called the rock star of the American Revolution.
“It really says something about the people of LaGrange and Troup County that we would continue to honor his legacy, that we would continue to honor the struggle for liberty.”
“When people come to our town, as has recently happened through the election campaigns we’ve had, we’ve had visitors from all political parties coming through LaGrange…They always want to come to Lafayette Square, because this is what’s associated with our town.”
It was an intentional statement by the leadership of this community in 1828 that we wanted to honor this man in some way. As an older gentleman at that point, he had become in his lifetime a symbol of liberty.
In LaGrange, you have the statue of Lafayette here that’s a copy of the statue that is in Le Puy-en-Velay in France. That’s an obvious connection that very few cities have with General Lafayette.
