Lafayette Redux: Exploring the Man and the Mania

How does it happen that Americans are still staging rituals of adulation for Lafayette, cheering him on Broadway, 190 years after his death? It’s entirely fitting, as it turns out, because if anyone is suitable for immortality, it’s the Marquis. Come explore why the man may well have been even greater than his myth, with one of the nation’s leading Lafayette aficionados, Alan Hoffman. He’ll talk us through Lafayette’s triumphs and setbacks, his astonishing accomplishments, and the lessons his life holds for each one of us and for our society.

Doors open at 6:30 for refreshments.

$10 members, $15 nonmembers