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In 1824, President Monroe invited him back to the adopted country of his youth, which has always cherished his "important services" |
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Born at Chateau Chavaniac in 1757, he was later hailed as "the hero of two worlds" |
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2008-05-01 |
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This man's return to the U.S. in 1824, 47 years after his first trip here, added splendor to James Monroe's presidential term |
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2007-06-19 |
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This French military leader was a major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War |
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2004-05-06 |
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He left the French army a captain & moved to America where he was made a major general in 1777 |
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2003-07-09 |
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American flags flew at half-mast when this Frenchman died in Paris May 20, 1834 |
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2001-02-19 |
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In 1789, while commander of Paris' National Guard, he saved Marie Antoinette from a mob that invaded Versailles |
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1992-03-12 |
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On Sept. 8, 1825, he left for France with honorary U.S. citizenship, $200,000 & 23,000 acres in Florida |
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1985-09-24 |
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