Marquis de Lafayette

Greenwood Cemetery in Tuscaloosa is the final resting place of five verified patriots who fought in the Revolutionary War. The Osher Lifelong Learning Center near the University of Alabama staged a weekend event at the cemetery where re-enactors told stories of some of the people buried here. The five verified Revolutionary War patriots interred at Greenwood include Richard Cunningham, Reuben Jones, Richardson Owen, Samuel Morrow, and Richard Inge.

This week marks two hundred years since a 1825 tour of the United States by the Marquis de Lafayette. The French general served under George Washington during the Revolutionary War. LaFayette later became a key figure in the French Revolution in 1789. He also holds the distinction of being the only foreign leader ever invited to be a guest of the nation by order of Congress. President James Monroe asked LaFayette to tour the U.S., and that included Alabama.