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September 17, 2019

Marquis Sightings on Campus

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Amir Tejani, special assistant to the president, spreads Cur Non spirit on the Marquis' birthday Twitter

Photos by Clay Wegrzynowicz; learn more about the Marquis

If there was a rock star of the American Revolution, it was a man who went by an impressively lengthy name: Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.
Born in 1757, Lafayette defied his own king to enter the Revolutionary War in America to support the cause of freedom in the New World.
After his success as a military leader, he became a renowned statesman whose support for individual rights made him a beloved and respected figure on two continents.
The Marquis adopted the motto “Cur Non” (“Why Not?”) for his coat of arms.
At age 20, he bought a ship and sailed to America to volunteer in General George Washington’s army.
The Marquis was shot in the leg at the Battle of Brandywine in 1777 and spent two months recovering in Bethlehem, Pa.
In 2002, Congress made the Marquis an honorary citizen of the United States.
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