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250th Anniversary Charlottesville, VA December, Saturday the 8th, 2007 Under the High Patronage of Organized by In association with And the Participation of The Society of the Cincinnati The Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association W3R-VA The James Monroe Memorial Foundation The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Virginia The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
PROGRAMME Open to the Public Jefferson Hall - Hotel C, West Range Outside in front of Jefferson Hall L'Alliance Française de Charlottesville The Jefferson Society The James Monroe Memorial Foundation The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Virginia Inside Jefferson Hall MESSAGE From Son Excellence, Monsieur Pierre Vimont Read in French by Andrée Madec-King Read in English by Ridgely Porter III PROCLAMATIONS Proclamations by President George Bush issued on September 14th and by Governor Timothy Kaine issued on September 6th for the James Monroe Memorial Foundation Proclamation by the President read by The Honorable Helen Marie Taylor, former United States Representative to the United Nations Gubernatorial Proclamation read by George William Thomas, Jr., President, James Monroe Memorial Foundation REMARKS L'Alliance Française de Charlottesville The Jefferson Society The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia Z. Neil Anderson The Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association W3R-VA The James Monroe Memorial Foundation The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Virginia The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society SPEAKER Alan R. Hoffman Followed by Questions and Answers RECEPTION at La Maison Française 1404 Jefferson Park Avenue, within walking distance Reception open only to officials, faculty and students, representatives and members of the above mentioned associations RSVP
DIRECTIONS Park in the Newcomb Hall Parking Garage off of Emmet St/29 and exit onto the patio on the 4th floor. Go up the walkway and step to the right of Newcomb Hall and proceed past Monroe Hall to McCormick Rd. Hotel C is located on McCormick Rd across from the Admission Hall. Jefferson Hall, Hotel C, located in the center of the West Range, was originally designed by Thomas Jefferson as a student dining hall. For many years, it has been the seat of the Jefferson Literary and Debate Society, the nation's second oldest Greek-letter society [Phi Pi Theta]. The Society was founded in 1825, and counts the Marquis de Lafayette among its distinguished members. Maison Française : at a meeting of the Board of Visitors held in Charlottesville on October 7, 1817, Thomas Jefferson wrote that he desired a French-speaking boarding facility at the University of Virginia "wherein it is proposed that the boarders shall be permitted to speak French only, with a view to their becoming familiarized to conversation in that language". In 1985, his desire came into fruition. The Maison Française, built in 1896 by Dr. Paul Barringer is a prime example of the Queen Anne style architecture. CONGRESS HONORS "HERO OF TWO WORLDS" The United States House of Representatives passed H. Res. 171 on May 27, honoring the life and memory of the Marquis de Lafayette of the 250th anniversary of his birthday in 2007. In addition to paying tribute to Lafayette, the resolution encourages all American military personnel to study his impact on the creation of the United States and its military. Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), a member of the French Caucus, said on the House floor, "As we take a moment to honor the Marquis de Lafayette on the occasion of his 250th birthday,... let us remember how he helped secure American independence and establish the United States as an international presence... Various leaders honored Lafayette by naming cities, towns, counties, monuments, schools and squares for the Marquis de Lafayette... their names reflect a friendship that has existed between France and the United States since the early days of the American Revolution."
LE RETOUR DE LAFAYETTE Exhibition: French Founding Father: Lafayette's Return to Washington's America, showing Lafayette as the young hero of American Independence, his struggle in France for liberty and parliamentary monarchy, and his trip back to America in 1824. November 16, 2007 - August 10, 2008 - The New-York Historical Society - 170 Central Park West - New York, NY 10024
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