Marquis de Lafayette spends an evening with the community at a Chesapeake library

Marquis de Lafayette spends an evening with the community at a Chesapeake library

The Marquis de Lafayette volunteered his service and assets — his heart and soul — to aid the American Revolution. The starry-eyed young Frenchman was commissioned by Congress as a major general in the Continental Army, and quickly developed a profound personal bond with Gen. George Washington. He was wounded at Brandywine and played an important role at the Siege of Yorktown in October of 1781, the concluding major battle of the American Revolu…