1824 Conversations with Lafayette and Jefferson in Lynchburg
This year, which happens to be the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s Grand Tour, Poplar Forest again hosted Jefferson and Lafayette in 1824 at a grand theater.
18th Century Virginia Musings
Tag: Poplar Forest Conversations
Benedict Arnold as Thomas Jefferson’s Guest at Poplar Forest
Whenever anyone in the audience gave Benedict Arnold credit for the victory in Saratoga, he agreed with them and thanked them most profusely.
Thomas Jefferson and Lafayette 1824
While preparing lessons for the 1830 revolutions in Europe, I stumbled on another Conversation hosted by Thomas Jefferson, this time with Lafayette.
Learning Napoleonic Perspective
While Europe allied against Napoleon to prevent revolutions in their countires, the lower classes cheered Napoleon.
The Napoleonic Code brought new freedoms.
