Learn about the French nobleman who helped the Americans during their war for Independence.

Born enslaved, James Lafayette became one of the most important Patriot spies of the American Revolution, helping to gather vital information on the British Army. His work helped the United States secure independence.

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Marquis de Lafayette played a key role in the American Revolution. Born in France to a noble family, Lafayette strongly supported the American colonists’ desire to gain independence from Britain, one of his own country’s enemies. So,...

Officials are warning evacuees it’s not yet safe to come back to parts of Louisiana as the dangerous recovery work continues after Hurricane Ida.

Kemar Lafayette says the tenant, who lives in the second-floor apartment of his house, has not paid rent since 2021.

Blizzard warnings issued for areas near the Gulf Coast as a massive winter storm hits the South. Over 250 million Americans under cold weather advisories or extreme cold warnings. (Scripps News)

Law enforcement agencies from across the state joined with the Colorado State Patrol in the funeral procession for Cadet Taylor Thyfault, who was killed on Highway 66 near Longmont by a car involved in a police chase.

Cactus Blooming Timelapse

Lafayette, Louisiana

1. Mid shot of a tree that has fallen on a
house
2. Close shot damag
e to house
3. Mid shot of trees
blowing in wind
Between Lafayette and N
ew Iberia, Louisiana
4. Zoom in...

(++All filmed outside exclusion zone++)

1. Various of sign reading ''Lafayet
te''
2. Policeman talking to wo
man in car
3. W
ide of hospital
4. Pan from vehicles to
Carenco High School
5. Mid of...

Forward-motion across Acadia National Park

WPIX : Canal Street Station on August 03, 2013 in New York, NY (Footage by Tribune Broadcasting/Getty Images)

CLEAN : Celebration as ship Hermione departs for the US

/ Nash promotes its spacious and comfortable interiors in its line of 1940 cars / Nash also hypes one of its most famous features: its convertible bed / Two men are shown sleeping in the Nash convertible bed, where the two rear seats...

Tight shot of grass blowing slow in the foreground. Pond in the background

Nelsan Ellis, the actor who starred on HBO's 'True Blood' as the fan-favorite Lafayette Reynolds, struggled with drug and alcohol abuse for years. That battle ultimately cost the 39-year-old his life.

1. Ei-ichi Negishi, Purdue University Professor and Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, arriving at media conference

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ei-ichi Negishi, Professor at Purdue University and Nobel Prize winner in...

1. US President Barack Obama greeting people as he enters

2. Push in of Obama at p
odium
3. SOUNDBITE: Charles Boustany, Representative for Lafayette,
Louisiana:
"It's clear the American people want...

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Lafayette, Louisiana - July 10, 2008

1. Sign at entrance to Vermillion Ville, Acadian culture vil
lage
2. Wide shot young man scra
ping wood
3. Medium...