Temporary Exhibit: Celebrate Lafayette: Soldier, Statesman, Champion of Human Rights from January 23 until March 1, 2025

Free and Open to the Public

Thursday January 23, 2025 - March 1, 2025

Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, 110 West Finney Avenue, Suffolk

The Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts will host the exhibit “Celebrate Lafayette: Soldier, Statesman, Champion of Human Rights” from Thursday, January 23, 2025, to Saturday, March 1, 2025. The exhibit highlights memorabilia from the Farewell Tour and other vintage items on loan from William W. Cole. The AFL’s traveling panels, a detailed map of the Farewell Tour route through the 24 states that Lafayette visited, and period artwork will also be on display.

Don’t miss these upcoming presentations at the Center that are free and open to the public.

Registration is requested at suffolkcenter.org

- February 6, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., Ms. Julie Dunn, local researcher and member of Portsmouth’s Hill House Museum Board, will lecture on period decorations and how Lafayette's visit started the souvenir industry in the United States.

- February 12, at 10:30 a.m., interpreter Steven Alexander will take children Grades 5 through 8 on a journey through the life of a true American hero, double agent James Fayette, and his unlikely friendship with General Lafayette.

- February 13, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., Dr. Natasha Naujoks, from the Chrysler Museum of Art, addresses Lafayette’s legacy and his impact on the United States and France

Venue: Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, 110 West Finney Avenue, Suffolk, Virginia

Venue website: https://suffolkcenter.org/