President Alan Hoffman at the

Hale-Byrnes House

September 6, 2026 at 3:00pm EDT

AMERICAN REVOLUTION ROUND TABLE

NORTHERN DELAWARE

On Lafayette's Birthday:

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2026

3:00-5:00 P.M.

AFL President Alan Hoffman will present:

LAFAYETTE:  HERO OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION & ABOLITIONIST

At the historic Hale-Byrnes House

606 Stanton-Christiana Road, Newark, DE 19713

ALAN R. HOFFMAN obtained a BA in history from Yale before earning a JD at Harvard Law School.

An avid reader of early American history, he “discovered” Lafayette in 2002 and spent two years—2003 to 2005—translating Auguste Levasseur’s Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825, the first-hand account of Lafayette’s Farewell Tour of America written by his secretary. Mr. Hoffman has lectured widely on Lafayette— over 260 talks—and has spoken in each of the 24 states (and Washington, D.C.) which Lafayette visited during the Farewell Tour. Mr. Hoffman co-produced and was the principal author of virtual travelogues covering Lafayette’s Farewell Tour visits to four states: New York, Virginia, North Carolina, and New Hampshire (with TravelStorysGPS). Most recently, he edited and contributed to Lafayette and the Enduring Struggle for Human Rights and Democratic Governments (American Friends of Lafayette, Gaithersburg, Maryland: 2025).

Mr. Hoffman currently serves as President of the American Friends of Lafayette and President of the Massachusetts Lafayette Society. He is also the editor of The Gazette of The American Friends of Lafayette. During the AFL’s Farewell Tour Bicentennial, he served on the Steering Committee that organized commemorative events in 24 states.