Item 10531 - Welcome Lafayette Ribbon, Portland, 1825
- Item 10531 - Welcome Lafayette Ribbon, Portland, 1825
- Contributed by Maine Historical Society
- Item 10531
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Image Info This ribbon was worn by Eliza Merrill on the occasion of the Marquis de Lafayette's ceremonial visit to Portland in 1825.
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Lafayette was a Revolutionary War comrade-at-arms of Major General Peleg Wadsworth, Wadsworth's son-in-law Stephen Longfellow delivered the welcoming address to Lafayette in Portland.
The ribbon was engraved by David G. Johnson.