Poe Salutes Lafayette

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Episode 111 Poe Encounters Lafayette

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• MAP International
• Operation USA
• Catholic Relief Services
• Samaritan's Purse
• UNICEF USA
• Save the Children
• Matthew 25: Ministries
• Center for Disaster Philanthropy
• Water Mission
• Direct Relief
• Project HOPE
• GlobalGiving
• World Help
• Americares
• Mercy Corps
• International Medical Corps

This episode begins with a series of charities that allow you to help the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.  The main part of this episode concentrates on Lafayette's background, his years in the United States during the Revolutionary War, and his visit to the United States in 1824 - with emphasis on his connection to the young Poe.

Why was General Lafayette so widely celebrated?
Name one thing that Poe and Lafayette had in common.
How long did it take Lafayette to travel across the Atlantic?
How did Lafayette help the United States?
Describe Lafayette’s relationship to General David Poe.
How did young Poe encounter Lafayette?
What did General Lafayette say to the General Assembly in Richmond?
Describe the friendship between General Lafayette and James Armistead. 

00:01 Introduction
00:45 Helping Ukraine
03:38 Lafayette in France
06:15 Lafayette decides to help the United States
07:58 Lafayette in America
12:59 Lafayette is invited back to the United States
15:54 Lafayette visits Baltimore
18:30 Lafayette visits Richmond
27:42 Future episode
28:14 Sources

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