In March 2025, a national celebration will recognize the 200th anniversary of Lafayette's Grand Tour of America. Fayetteville is one of the signature cities for this nationwide event and will hold its Lafayette Farewell Tour bicentennial celebration March 4-5, 2025, with historical reenactments, music, dinners and guided tours downtown.
The festivities were planned through a partnership with the American Friends of Lafayette national organization and Fayetteville’s own Lafayette Society, which has been celebrating the Marquis’s memories and achievements since 1981. Planned festivities include:
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