Lafayette: America's Young Hero and Guest (Bruce E. Mowday, Alan R. Hoffman -YA) Sickles In this installment in the

In this installment in the Battle Briefings series

The struggle for Petersburg is often characterized as a siege

Lincoln rose to give perhaps the greatest inaugural address in American history

and all the way to the Appomattox surrender on April 9

Lafayette: America's Young Hero and Guest (Bruce E. Mowday, Alan R. Hoffman -YA) Sickles In this installment in theFor 13 months in 1824 and 1825, the United States honored The Marquis de Lafayette. Hundreds of thousands of Americans greeted Lafayette as parades, banquets and reviews were held almost daily. No individual has ever been so celebrated. Lafayette: Americas Young Hero & Guest recounts to todays students, and parents, why the Frenchman was so revered. He was instrumental in winning Americas freedom and independence! Bruce worked with the American