Pageant Exhibition Panel 25 - Minuet dance from afar

Pageant Exhibition Panel 25 - Minuet dance from afar

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834--Travel--United States--Massachusetts; Minuet (Dance)--Pictorial works; Lancaster (Mass.)--History--Drama; Fourth of July celebrations--Massachusetts--Lancaster; Library exhibits--Massachusetts--Lancaster

Seen from above, the Minuet dance in the town common during the festivities welcoming Marquis de la Lafayette, the French General who served in the American Revolutionary War, during the Episode V, The Reception of Lafayette, in the Lancaster, Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant. Notice the photographer on the ladder in the foreground. During the pageant, photographers were stationed all over the town common to document the festivities. In 1824 General Lafayette was invited by President Monroe to revisit the United States as the guest of the nation. For thirteen months he visited nearly every town in the United States. He arrived at Lancaster on September 2, 1824 at half past six in the morning.





The photograph is mounted on heavy cardboard.

Sears, Richard

Image is the twenty-fifth photograph in the Lancaster Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant Exhibition created by the Thayer Memorial Library.

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1912-07-04

Thayer Memorial Library

From the archives at the Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, Massachusetts. http://thayermemoriallibrary.org

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