College exhibit to commemorate 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s Grand Tour of the U.S.

Curated by Ana Ramírez Luhrs, co-director, Special Collections and College Archives, and assisted by Ricardo Reyes, director of Galleries and curator of Collections, the Return to ‘The Land of Genuine Freedom’ exhibit will be presented in the Williams Center Gallery in Williams Center for the Arts, 317 Hamilton St., Easton, from Aug. 28 to Dec. 6. Highlighting the material culture of Lafayette’s farewell tour, the exhibit will focus on his arrival in New York, the balls and parties, the paraded, and a look at the various souvenirs and keepsakes people may have had at home that commemorated Lafayette.

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