"Lafayette, we are here!"
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Photo of General Pershing and Colonel Stanton at Lafayette's tomb in Picpus Cemetery on July 4, 1917. It was here that Stanton said the famous words, "Lafayette, we are here!"
This file appears in: La Cimitière de Picpus: Lafayette, he is here!
La Cimitière de Picpus: Lafayette, he is here!
A hero of the American Revolution, Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, lies buried in Picpus Cemetery under American soil brought back from Bunker Hill. His presence in this private…