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WELCOME LAFAYETTE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE

  • 15 Nov 2024
  • 10:00 AM
  • 700 Harris St. Charlottesville, VA

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  • French Breakfast and Historic Downtown Tour which ends in time for Lafayette’s welcome ceremony.
  • French Breakfast and Historic Downtown Tour. Breakfast is before the welcome ceremony and the Historic Downtown Tour would start after ceremony.

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WELCOME LAFAYETTE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE

Hosted by Alliance Francaise with the  SAR Color Guard


In November 1824, shortly after arriving to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson and “committee” escorted Lafayette to visit Jefferson’s new Academical Village, the University of Virginia. They arrived to much fanfare at the Central Hotel in downtown Charlottesville where a reception was prepared for Lafayette before he was paraded to the University grounds. Friday morning we will welcome Lafayette to Charlottesville in like manner at the Alliance Francaise of Charlottesville, only blocks from where the Central Hotel was located. 

10:00am - 11:00am

FREE - no RSVP needed

We will participate in this welcome from 10:00-11:00. Wrapped around this ceremony is a French Breakfast hosted by the Alliance Francaise members and Guided walking tours of Historic Downtown. Somewhat limited in capacity, we have an early tour before Lafayette’s arrival and a later tour after the ceremony, each with the corresponding breakfast option. If you prefer a more leisurely morning, there will be self-guided tour brochures available. The Downtown Mall is an open air pedestrian mall with bookstores, shops and cafes and this is where the suggested nearby parking garage is located. After the Friday morning events you are free to grab lunch at the downtown mall - some suggestions are The Nook, Citizen Burger or The Whiskey Jar...


French Breakfast/Guided walking Tours

The Alliance Francaise of Charlottesville would like you to join them for a French Breakfast before we welcome Lafayette to Charlottesville. Assorted French pastries with beverages will be served. Director Murielle de Wekker and her members will provide entertainment as we enjoy our start to the day.

 

Explore the historic downtown area of Charlottesville with a tour by the Programs Director of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society! This forty five minute tour is packed with familiar Revolutionary War figures to include their local roles as well as Lafayette connections. 

 

CHOOSE ONE OPTION

OPTION A: 8:00am Breakfast - 9:00 Historic Downtown Tour

Price: $20 includes both French Breakfast and Historic Downtown Tour which ends in time for Lafayette’s welcome ceremony. 


OPTION B: 9:15am Breakfast - 11:00am Historic Downtown Tour

Price: $20 includes both French Breakfast and Historic Downtown Tour. Breakfast is before the welcome ceremony and the Historic Downtown Tour would start after ceremony. 



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