Lafayette 1824 Exhibit at Winterthur in Delaware
The du Pont family members were friends of Lafayette, in Paris, then welcomed him into their Brandywine homes in 1824 when Lafayette visited Wilmington.
18th Century Virginia Musings
The du Pont family members were friends of Lafayette, in Paris, then welcomed him into their Brandywine homes in 1824 when Lafayette visited Wilmington.
In May of 1961, Mrs. Kennedy visited Mr. Du Pont at Winterthur to gain a sense of turning a home into a museum with American collections.
At Montpelier we toured the final touches to the recent restoration from the DuPont home to the former James Madison home, and where we found Lafayette!