Green-Meldrim House set to commemorate Lafayette visit
'People were waving and just very excited to see the nation's guests, the last surviving major general from the revolution.' THE Green-Meldrim House will present Lafayette and His Visit to Savannah 1825 on March 20. Local history lovers will have the opportunity to learn about General Lafayette. He not only traveled to our city; he went to others in our country and was welcomed warmly. Through speaking with Jamie Credle and Raleigh Marcell, I learned more about General Lafayette and his travels. Often deemed as the, “Hero of Two Worlds,” Lafayette was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Upon his arrival in 1825 in Savannah, Lafayette was greeted by the governor, the mayor, and other men who were in charge of the city. “And it took him two and a half hours to get from the foot of East Broad down on the waterfront. They built a platform for him to get up from East Broad to ...
