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Masonic Library and Museum of Indiana Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Indiana Posts The Marquis de Lafayette and His Tour of America By Christopher Hodapp PresidentMasonic Library Museum of Indiana Of all the high gratifications I have experienced in my progress through my adopted country my receptions by the Grand Lodges of the United States have afforded me the greatest because I beheld in them a new and beautiful exhibition of that Union on which the prosperity of this great Republic is based and a sure pledge of its continuance. Marquis de La Fayette speaking to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in 1825. This year begins the 200th anniversary of Major General MarieJosephPaulYvesRochGilbert du Motier Marquis de La Fayettes triumphant goodwill tour of America between 182425. Lafayettes exploits in America during the American Revolution endeared him to the new nation and he had long been regarded as one of the greatest heroes of the war.