2-3 PM: After meeting with old soldiers and the public downtown at City Hall Park, Lafayette travelled up to UVM to lay the cornerstone for the new Old Mill building, which was destroyed by fire a year earlier. He was met by students and the new UVM president, Willard Preston. Lafayette had laid the cornerstone for the massive Bunker Hill Monument in Boston just a week earlier. He and many Burlington dignitaries were members of the Masonic Fraternity. One of the well-known public ceremonies that Freemasons perform is the

consecration of a cornerstone as it is being laid during the construction of a new building. The Grand Lodge of Vermont will be performing this ceremony to commemorate Lafayette’s action 200 years ago, at what is now the historic Old Mill building on the UVM campus at 26 University Place. Local musician/singer Matt Van Wagner will open the ceremony with a rendition of La Marseillaise to recognize the importance of the French legacy Lafayette left for America. The public is welcome to attend!

6-9 PM: Join us for a dinner cruise on Lake Champlain to celebrate the last official event of Lafayette’s 1824/5 farewell tour. Our cruise on the Spirit of Ethan Allen will be lots of fun, come rain or shine!

Tickets for the cruise with Lafayette must be purchased directly from the Spirit of Ethan Allen for $64 or $69 (window seating). Go to www.soea.com or click here.

 Click on Check Availability in the upper right-hand corner.

 Click on Dinner Cruise

 Click on Sounds of Summer Dinner Cruise

 Click on June 29 on the calendar in the upper right corner.

 Click on 6:30 PM Sounds of summer Dinner Cruise, below the calendar

 Choose your seating option. Pick the option and indicate the number of adults or children.

 Scroll down and complete additional information: Where it says “Is there another party you would like to sit with?”, enter Lafayette 200 group. Continue, and put in all required information, including contact information and payment details.

 Click Complete and pay

 If you have any questions or difficulties with online reservations, call 802-862-8300 and ask for Darren.

The cruise departs at 6:30 pm, but we are requested to gather as a group at 6:00 pm near the ECHO museum on the waterfront.