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Lafayette Bicentennial Commemoration (Copy)

  • Princeton Public Library 65 Witherspoon Street Princeton, NJ, 08542 United States (map)

 Film: "Lafayette: The Lost Hero"

Evening: Princeton Public Library, Community Room 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm            FREE 

Showing of PBS documentary film Lafayette: The Lost Hero

·       This documentary explores the life of Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette and evaluates his role in the establishment of America's democracy.

·       As part of the Princeton region's contribution to the "Lafayette in America 1824/25 Bicentennial," the library is screening the PBS documentary "Lafayette: The Lost Hero."   https://www.thedocumentarygroup.com/lafayette

·       The film will be introduced by Paul Larson, the chair of the New Jersey Lafayette Bicentennial Committee, and Anne de Broca-Hoppenot, Honorary French Consul of Princeton and New Jersey, who will greet the audience with remarks on the special bond between France and America and read a prepared statement by David Bell, Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor History at Princeton University.

https://princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/11394736

  •      Special Lafayette Book Display at the Princeton Public Library

Princeton Public Library

65 Witherspoon Street

Princeton, NJ  08542

Parking available in Spring Street Garage (24 Spring Street) next to Library.

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