On the plaques of the Paris street dedicated to him, it is written: "Heroes of the American War of Independence from 1777 to 1782". Despite his long political career in France, on both sides of the Atlantic, the Marquis de La Fayette embodies above all the origins of the friendship between Paris and Washington, which has now been mistreated.
On the plaques of the Paris street dedicated to him, it is written: "Heroes of the American War of Independence from 1777 to 1782". Despite his long political career in France, on both sides of the Atlantic, the Marquis de La Fayette embodies above all the origins of the friendship between Paris and Washington, which has now been mistreated.
On the occasion of the celebrations of the signing, on 4 July 1776, of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, France 2 broadcasts a documentary which goes back to the contrasting links between France and the United States.