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Lafayette visits Wheeling, WV

  • 24 May 2025
  • 1:00 PM
  • 1 Monument Place, Wheeling, WV

 Join the Mountaineer Fife & Drum Corps as they welcome Lafayette. 

 Monument Place (Shepherd’s Hall), 1 Monument Place, Wheeling, WV at 1 PM. 

  • 1:00  West Virginia University Fife & Drum
  • 1:30  Lafayette arrives by Carriage
  • 1:45 Lafayette program
  • Following the presentation there will be photo opportunities and reception.

Free and open to the public. 

Shepherd Hall (later known as Stone Mansion and now Monument Place) was built in 1798 by Moses Shepherd  as a residence for him and his wife, Lydia (née Boggs) Shepherd on the grounds of their plantation. Moses and Lydia Shepherd  became very wealthy through the operation of their plantation and grist mill and the construction of bridges over Wheeling Creek built by Moses Shepherd.

Several presidents, such as Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk, famous politicians, such as Henry Clay, and other prominent citizens called on the Shepherds at Shepherd Hall when passing through the Wheeling area. The Marquis de Lafayette  visited the mansion as well in 1825 while visiting Wheeling.


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