The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette">Marquis de Lafayette</a>, the last surviving French general of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, arrives in New York and begins a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visit_of_the_Marquis_de_Lafayette_to_the_United_States" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States">tour of 24 states</a>.