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Lafayette College

Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college located in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. The school, founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter, son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown, and the citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832. The founders voted to name the school after General Lafayette, who famously toured the country in 1824–25, as "a testimony of respect for [his] talents, virtues, and signal services. Wikipedia*

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Lafayette College has hosted 3 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2002 Speech. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2019 with an average of 3,326 views per video. Most common tag: World War II.

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    Origins of World War II in Europe

    Lafayette College Professor Robert Weiner taught a class on the origins of World War II in Europe. He described how the Briti…

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    World War II Allied Air War

    Professor Don Miller talked about the air war during World War II. He spoke about what daily life was like for U.S. and Briti…

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    Lafayette

    Harlow Unger talked about his book, "Lafayette", published by John Wiley and Sons. The book was a biography of the Marquis de…

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