This illustration shows George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette. George Washington met the 19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette on August 5, 1777. Only a week earlier, the Continental Congress appointed the young Frenchman to be a volunteer Major General in the Continental Army. Lafayette was assigned to serve on Washington's staff. Lafayette, one of the richest young men in France, left his home country on March 25, 1777, filled with desire to fight against the British in the American Revolution.

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