EVENT CANCELLED VA250 Book Series: Magic Changes and Immense Difficulties: Lafayette’s Return and the Revolution in Reflection

Name: EVENT CANCELLED VA250 Book Series: Magic Changes and Immense Difficulties: Lafayette’s Return and the Revolution in Reflection
Start: 2026-10-28T16:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-28T17:30:00-04:00
Location: James Monroe's Highland

When: Wednesday, October 28, 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Where: James Monroe's Highland
2050 James Monroe Pkwy, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Price: Not listed. Check with the venue.

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EVENT CANCELLED What did the Revolution look like in the rear-view mirror for the founding generation? And what did the future hold for the young nation? Author Ryan L. Cole joins us on October 28 from 4:30 to 5:30 PM in conversation about his book The Last Adieu, which recounts the summer of 1824, when the aging Marquis de Lafayette returned to America for the first time in forty years. Once a young general in the Revolution, he now found a vastly changed nation—twenty-four states strong, thriving yet divided, and facing new political storms. Experience this moment of transition through the eyes of Lafayette–and of ordinary Americans–as they witnessed elderly founding fathers, rising politicians, and reformers shaping the nation’s future.

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EVENT CANCELLED VA250 Book Series: Magic Changes and Immense Difficulties: Lafayette’s Return and the Revolution in Reflection

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