Lafayette, We Come!

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Rupert Sargent Holland. Lafayette, We Come!

Lafayette, We Come!

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Foreword

I. THE LITTLE MARQUIS OF FRANCE

II “WAKE UP! I’M GOING TO AMERICA TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM!”

III. HOW LAFAYETTE RAN AWAY TO SEA

IV. THE YOUNG FRENCHMAN REACHES AMERICA

V “I WILL FIGHT FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY AS A VOLUNTEER!”

VI. LAFAYETTE WINS THE FRIENDSHIP OF WASHINGTON

VII. THE FRENCHMAN IN THE FIELD AGAIN

VIII. THE MARQUIS AIDS THE UNITED STATES IN FRANCE

IX. HOW LAFAYETTE SOUGHT TO GIVE LIBERTY TO FRANCE

X. STORM-CLOUDS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

XI. LAFAYETTE IN PRISON AND EXILE

XII. IN THE DAYS OF NAPOLEON

XIII. THE UNITED STATES WELCOMES THE HERO

XIV. THE LOVER OF LIBERTY

XV. AMERICA’S MESSAGE TO FRANCE—​“LAFAYETTE, WE COME!”

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Rupert Sargent Holland

The Story of How a Young Frenchman Fought for Liberty in America and How America Now Fights for Liberty in France

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The pretty Queen laughed and shrugged her shoulders. “Who cares?” she answered. “As long as Louis is King I shall do what pleases me.”

Then a new idea occurred to her and she clapped her hands with delight. “I shall go to Louis,” she said, “and have him issue a royal order commanding every one who comes to the fête to dress as a goblin or a nymph. He will do it for me, I know.”

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