Overview of Events
March-November 2024 Fredericksburg, VA
With the exception of the Lafayette ball, all events are free and open to all.
For more information, please visit fxbg.com/lafayette/
To donate: fredericksburgfrejus.com
Lectures and Fredericksburg Area Museum (FAM) Events
- Sept. 5, 2024 from 6:30-8 p.m. Location: CRRL Fredericksburg Branch. Lecture: Lafayette’s First visits to Fredericksburg: 1781 and 1784. Elizabeth Reece, Author: Marquis de Lafayette Returns: A Tour of America’s National Capitol Region
- Oct. 3, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. Location: CRRL Fredericksburg Branch. Lecture: Waiting For Lafayette. Join us for an engaging and immersive public program featuring Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe as they recount their close relationships with the Marquis de Lafayette.
- Nov. 7, 2024 from 6:30-8 p.m. Location: CRRL Fredericksburg Branch. Lecture: Lafayette and the Passing of the Founding Generation. Dr. Will Mackintosh, University of Mary Washington.
- Nov. 21, 2024 from 6:30-8 p.m. Location: CRRL Fredericksburg Branch. Lecture: A Celebration Like None Other: Lafayette Comes to Fredericksburg. Will Mackintosh, Associate Professor, University of Mary Washington
Commemoration Events
Saturday, Nov. 23
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Market Square Reception and Old Town Hall Receiving Line
1 p.m.-4 p.m. Guided Tours of Lafayette’s Fredericksburg, HFFI, from Market Square
1 p.m.-4 p.m. Masonic Lodge #4, 803 Princess Anne St. Tours of the Lodge.
6 p.m.-10 p.m. The Lafayette Ball. Fredericksburg Square, 525 Caroline St. (Ticketed Event)
Sunday, Nov. 24
10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Fredericksburg Lodge #4 A.F. and A.M. Gathering 803 Princess Anne St.
1 p.m.-4 p.m. Masonic Lodge #4, 803 Princess Anne St. Tours of the Lodge.
12 p.m.-1 p.m. Historic Church Service for Gen. Lafayette, St. George’s Church, 905 Princess Anne St.