January 23, 2025
A Frenchman who became a key figure in the American Revolution, the Marquis de Lafayette, ordered in his will that he be buried in France using dirt he obtained from Bunker Hill during a trip to the U.S. In 2002 he became the sixth person ever to become an honorary U.S. citizen.
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