February 6 Deserves Salute
February 6 deserves at the very least a respectful nod. The United States would not have become the United States had that day’s event 241 years ago not happened. France and the American colonies were…Read More
The Lafayette Connection—What’s It About?
Some people seem to think: I live in a town with a French name, but nobody I know speaks French here. There’s a fountain in our downtown square with a statue of a long-dead Frenchman,…Read More
Shrimp Lafayette
“Shrimp Lafayette” catches my eye. I ask the waitress about it. Janice, Dad, and I had hiked Ocean Path Trail in Acadia National Park. We settle in for a late lunch at Galyn’s Restaurant, on…Read More
Lafayette: Lifelong Protester
I am not native to this area. I was raised some five hours west of here in Alabama. My hometown of Fayette and my adopted home of LaGrange are, coincidentally, both named for the Marquis…Read More
Marquis de Lafayette and Education
While teaching my eighth grade US history classes during their American Revolution unit, I asked my students, “Do you know we have our own Revolutionary War hero right here in LaGrange?” A student responded, “Do…Read More
Lafayette and LaGrange as Destination
Georgia House Resolution 899 was put in the hopper January 18, 2018, by Representative Randy Nix and co-sponsors Trammell and Pezold, and passed unanimously: “Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives that…Read More