Crowds and fireworks greeted the Hermione this morning [June 5, 2015] when it made landfall in Yorktown, VA. An authentic replica of the Marquis de Lafayette’s…
WILLIAMSBURG YORKTOWN DAILY Hero's welcome for Marquis de Lafayetter and Hermione
ASSOCIATED PRESS America prepares to welcome the Hermione, again (picked up by media outlets in US and abroad)
THE WASHINGTON POST Grand welcome will include 21-gun salute, fireworks, Virginia governor, French officials
THE WASHINGTON POST Activities planned for arrival of Marquis de Lafayette’s frigate
OLD TOWN ALEXANDRIA PATCH Festivities include ship tours and traveling exhibition
CBS SUNDAY MORNING Ship retraces 1780 voyage of Marquis de Lafayette to America
THE EXPRESS-TIMES Three recipients are Karl Stirner, Miles Young, and Erik Weihenmayer
TRAVEL PULSE Ship is new symbol of the Marquis’ motto
LE FIGARO [premium content, in French] He was ahead of his time on human rights and abolition of slavery