Military Group

• George Washington - Known for

  Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
• George Washington - Fact

  Fought in the French and Indian War, was a Virginia planter and delegate to the House of Burgesses before the American Revolution.
• George Washington - Fact

  Will become the 1st President of the United States.
• Marquis de Lafayette - Known For


  A Frenchman, who believed in the cause of independence so much that he joined the American Continental Army.
• Marquis de Lafayette - Known For

  He later went back to France to secure supplies for the troops.
• Marquis de Lafayette - Known For 


  He returned in 1780 with more troops and helped Washington defeat the British at Yorktown.
• Marquis de Lafayette - Fact

  He was the first foreigner to be granted honorary citizenship.
• Marquis de Lafayette - Fact


  When he dies, on May 20, 1834, the United States government sent American soil to his gravesite.