• Home
  • Lafayette Farewell Tour - Canandaigua, NY

Lafayette Farewell Tour - Canandaigua, NY

  • 07 Jun 2025
  • 4:30 PM
  • Canandaigua, NY

Join us for a fantastic day of celebration!

4:30 pm, Parade

 A motorcade escorting our Lafayette re-enactor will arrive at Canandaigua Elementary School, 96 W. Gibson Street.

 Spectators are to access the parking lot (#96 West Gibson Street).

 The welcome ceremony will be held outside on the front steps (facing West).

 Guests are encouraged to bring folding chairs.

4:45 pm, Welcoming Ceremony

 Pole Barn Brass Quintet will play the "Star Spangled Banner".

 Canandaigua Mayor Bob Palumbo will deliver Proclamation.

 Salutations will be offered by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution.

 Christopher Carosa, author of the new book "History Unleashed: Lafayette's Remarkable Tour of the Greater Western New York Region", will entertain with anecdotes from his research.

 Children of the American Revolution will dedicate a Memorial Wreath for Veterans.

6:00 pm, Celebration Banquet

Location: American Legion, 454 N. Main Street, Canandaigua, N.Y.

 Dine with the Guest of Honor, the Marquis de Lafayette, himself!

 Dinner consists of Stuffed Chicken Breast, Ham, Roasted Potatoes, Vegetable Medley, Salad and Rolls. Strawberry Shortcake for Dessert. 

 Cash Bar.

Canandaigua Banquet Reservation

Please, include a check for $30/person, made payable to: American Friends of Lafayette

Name:

Phone #:

Email Address :

# Tickets :

Mail to: Alliance Francaise Rochester

P.O. Box 15615, Rochester, NY 14615

Deadline: May 19, 2025 (or until sold out)



Copyright The American Friends of Lafayette 2024
"The American Friends of Lafayette" is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Mail correspondence to: PO Box 84114 Gaithersburg, MD 20883
Email: americanfriendsoflafayette@gmail.com

Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software