NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TEEN AUDIO TOUR
FRENCH FOUNDING FATHER: LAFAYETTE’S RETURN TO WASHINGTON’S AMERICA
LARGE PRINT TRANSCRIPT
Written by Lou Giansante, Chris Catanese and the New-York Historical Society high school interns: Sherrie, Marcy, Chloe, Bonita, Jenn, Kiola, Shatasia, Marjorie, Ivy, Melissa, Ashley, Chantay, Ariel, Grace, Jasmine, Talice and Ricardo. Assistance and historical direction provided by Marjorie Waters and Richard Rabinowitz.
1 STOP #1: WELCOME TO THE LAFAYETTE TEEN AUDIO TOUR
NARR: Hi. Thanks for coming to the New York Historical Society. I’m Chris one of the educator’s here and I’ll be your tour guide, along with these New York City high school kids who work here after school:
TEENS: Sherrie, Marcy, Chloe, Bonita, Jenn, Kiola, Shatasia, Marjorie, Ivy, Melissa, Ashley, Chantay, Ariel, Grace, Jasmine, Talice
RICARDO: ...and I’m Ricardo. We’ve got a lot to show you!
NARR: But first, here’s how use the player you’re holding on this audio tour. As you walk through the museum look for decals on the floor with a picture of Lafayette and a number beside selected objects. Then punch the number on your keypad, like a telephone.
TEEN: But before you go into the exhibition, we want you to hear our introduction.
TEEN: So walk down the hall to where you see a sign with a picture of Lafayette!
TEEN: That’s your first stop on the tour. Look for the floor decal with a number and press it on your player.
2 STOP #2: MEET THE MARQUIS
NARR: Hi again. The exhibit is called French Founding Father: Lafayette’s Return to Washington’s America. That’s George Washington. I’m sure you know who he was.
TEEN: Hero of the American Revolution!
TEEN: First President of the United States. Right. But maybe you never heard of Lafayette. He was another hero of the American Revolution...
TEEN: ....and he wasn’t even American!
TEEN: Can you guess where Lafayette was from? Here’s a musical clue.
LA MARSEILLAISE (traditional version)
NARR: That’s the Marseillaise, the French national anthem. Lafayette was a French teenager, only 19 years old, who volunteered to come and fight with the American colonists against the British.
SFX: CANNON & MUSKETS
But Lafayette wasn’t just some kid off the streets of Paris. He’d been trained in military school...
3 SNARE DRUM ROLL
NARR: ...he came from a very rich family...
CASH REGISTER
NARR: ...and he had a title too...the Marquis de Lafayette.
TEEN: Marquis is kind of like Duke or Prince.
NARR: And he even had a wife with a baby on the way.
BABY COO
George Washington made this teenager a general and gave him troops to command. And Lafayette helped Americans win their independence. You should look up this guy and read about him sometime because most of this exhibit is NOT about Lafayette in the Revolutionary War.
TRUMPET FANFARE
TEEN: It’s about what happened 40 years later.
TEEN: Yeah, in 1824. That’s when Congress and President Monroe invited him back for a visit.
TEEN: America went nuts about him!
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NARR: In a big way! The celebration went on for over a year! He visited every state in the country, which at that time had 24. And through honoring Lafayette as a hero of the American Revolution.... remember, he was a guy from France... Americans learned a lot about themselves, about what patriotism is and how to show it. To see how the Lafayette celebration started, walk down the hall to your right. You’ll see a long wall with pictures of people.... and you’ll hear music playing.
TEEN: That’s the next stop on your tour.
TEEN: Don’t forget to look for the decal on the floor and the number.
5 STOP # 3: LAFAYETTE’S RETURN TO AMERICA: PARTY TIME!
HIP HOP MUSIC UNDER…
NARR: This wall shows people standing on the promenade along the Battery in lower Manhattan. They’re waiting for Lafayette’s ship to arrive in 1824 so they can start his parade up what today we call the canyon of heroes on Broadway to City Hall.
TEEN: Like the New York Giants had when they won the Super Bowl.
TEEN: The Giants parade took an hour to go the one mile route.
TEEN: But there were so many people at Lafayette’s parade that it took him two hours!
NARR: Read the conversations that appear on the wall and you’ll find out a lot about why everyone was there that day. It’s five minutes long, and you’ll see fireworks go off a few times, like on the 4th of July. Today on holidays we expect fireworks, and red, white, and blue decorations hanging everywhere, like you’ll see in the museum. But Americans back then didn’t celebrate national holidays with fireworks and flags. But they did it for Lafayette, and from then on they did it for every holiday. Lafayette’s visit changed the way Americans show patriotism!
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TEEN: This show keeps repeating all day long.
TEEN: When you see a HUGE fireworks display that’s the end of the show.
TEEN: You can take off your headphones while you watch and listen.
TEEN: After it’s over we want you to go up the stairs to your left.
TEEN: You’ll see Lafayette standing halfway up the stairs!
SFX: TING
NARR: At the top of the stairs your next stop is in a small room straight ahead of you. But right now take off your headphones and listen to the show.
7 STOP # 4: GENERAL LAFAYETTE LEAVES FRANCE TO FIGHT FOR AMERICA
HIP HOP MARSEILLAISE…
NARR: Remember, most of this exhibit is about Lafayette in his 60s. But in this room we introduce you to young Lafayette, the French general who fought in the Revolutionary War. This is a portrait of him when he was 22 years old. George Washington asked an artist to paint it. Washington loved Lafayette like an adopted son.
TEEN: I think he looks older than 22.
TEEN: I think he needs to work on his abs.
NARR: Maybe the artist wanted to make him look older, since he was a general. There are other portraits of him in this room where you might think he looks more heroic. But all these painters showed him as a brave soldier and a leader of troops in battle.
SFX: YANKEE DOODLE AND BATTLE SOUNDS...
TEEN: See the map to the left of the portrait?
TEEN: It shows the battles he was in.
NARR: He was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine in Pennsylvania...
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TEEN: … shot in the leg.
NARR: Remember, he didn’t have to put his life on the line and fight for America. He was a rich nobleman in France. In fact the king of France didn’t want him to go and he had to sneak away on his own ship. But Lafayette was idealistic...he believed in the colonists fight for freedom from Great Britain. And like most Frenchmen, he hated the British and was happy to help the colonists fight against them. His battlefield strategy helped Washington win the war.
SOAP OPERA ORGAN STING TEEN: But meanwhile... back in France....
HIP HOP MARSEILLAISE NARR: Look more to the left on this wall and find a small portrait labeled number 3. That’s who Lafayette left behind in France. His wife. Her name was Adrienne. She was only 16 years old.
TEEN: And she was pregnant with their second child!
TEEN: By the way, her hair is a wig, in case you were wondering. She was a French fashionista!
NARR: Eventually the Lafayette’s had four children, 3 girls and a boy. And they named the boy George Washington Lafayette. When Lafayette made his tour of the United States in 1824, his grown son came with him.
TEEN: Now look for another stop in this room. It’s on a floor decal.
9 STOP # 5: JAMES ARMISTEAD: THE SLAVE WHO SPIED FOR LAFAYETTE
YANKEE DOODLE MUSIC
NARR: When Lafayette fought in the American Revolution, most black people here were slaves. Lafayette didn’t really have an opinion about slavery. At first. But he started to change his mind when he fought along side black soldiers, and when he met the man in this picture, number 8. His name is James Armistead.
TEEN: He was a slave but he volunteered to spy on the British during the final siege at Yorktown.
TEEN: Armistead gave Lafayette valuable information that helped the patriots defeat the British.
SFX: MUSKET FIRE
NARR: Look for painting number 13. To see it clearly stand right in front of the number 13 on the wall. It’s a romanticized picture of Lafayette and Armistead at the Battle of Yorktown.
TEEN: Romanticized. That means we’re not sure that Armistead really dressed like that.
TEEN: Might be hard to be spy with those clothes on.
10 HIP HOP MARSEILLAISE UNDER NEXT...
NARR: Well, whatever they really wore, Lafayette changed his mind about slavery after meeting James Armistead and other brave black people during the Revolution. For the rest of his life he spoke out against it. Now go back to the other picture of Armistead and look at the writing below his face.
TEEN: Lafayette wrote that in 1784.
NARR: It’s a testimonial, a statement in which Lafayette says how important Armistead was to him during the war. He wrote it to help Armistead get his freedom.
TEEN: And it worked!
TEEN: Armistead was so grateful that he changed his name – to James Armistead Lafayette!
NARR: And he carried the paper with Lafayette’s words with him for the rest of his life. When Lafayette came to America in 1824...remember, that’s what the rest of this exhibit is about...he met Armistead at Yorktown and they hugged and talked about old times. And he met other black friends he had made while fighting in the Revolution, more than forty years before.
TEEN: Next we want to tell you how Lafayette traveled around the states on his tour in 1824.
TEEN: So leave this room and go left. You’ll find your next stop on the floor halfway down the big hallway.
11 STOP #6: LAFAYETTE ON THE MOVE: THE TOUR ACROSS AMERICA
NARR: This map shows you all the places Lafayette went during his Tour in1824. It was quite a trip.
TEEN: He traveled 6000 miles.
SFX HORSE GALLOPS BY
TEEN: He visited 24 states.
SFX CROWD CHEERS
TEEN: He slept in 167 different beds.
SFX YAWN
TEEN: He rode on 21 steamships.
SFX STEAM WHISTLE
NARR: When he wasn’t on a boat guess how America’s hero got around.
TEEN: Escalade?
TEEN: Stretch limo?
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NARR. Not even close.
SFX. COACH AND HORSES
Carriages, coaches, and wagons...all pulled by horses through the wilderness. And remember, most roads were just dirt, full of bumps and holes, muddy in the rain, rock hard in winter. Sometimes he had to travel through the night and try to sleep while bumping along. And believe it or not, the museum has one of the actual carriages Lafayette rode in! It’s not on this floor.
TEEN: But we’ll tell you where to find it when you’re done with the tour on this floor.
SFX: FIREWORKS
NARR: Wherever Lafayette went, Americans honored him with parades and parties, they rang church bells and shot off cannons and fireworks, they gave banquets with lots of speeches.
CHORUS Why?! OF TEENS:
NARR: Because Lafayette reminded Americans about the Revolution, how the country began, and what it stands for and that America was a model for other countries of the world to follow. Americans felt proud and patriotic because no other people had done what they had done.
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TEEN: You want to hear how New Yorkers celebrated Lafayette?
TEEN: Look for the next stop on the tour. It’s on the other side of this hallway.
14 STOP # 7: NEW YORK CITY ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR LAFAYETTE
NARR: Check out what people wore at New York’s big bash for Lafayette! The banquet was inside Castle Garden, the old fort in Battery Park. Today it’s called Castle Clinton, and it’s where you buy tickets for the ferry to the Statue of Liberty. Back then it was transformed into a fabulous party for 6,000 people, decorated with flags of every state and every nation in the world. I don’t know if they had a red carpet for arriving guests...but if they did...
MUSIC AND CROWD AMBIENCE
TEEN 1: Hey I’m Chantay…
TEEN 2: And I’m Sherri…
TEEN 1: ...here at Castle Garden with the 411 on what New York’s A- listers are wearing at the Lafayette Banquet.
TEEN 2: I see Miss Elizabeth Champlin, looking good in her off white gown of muslin, decorated with silver thread around the neckline and at the bottom. That’s right, silver! The bling is sewn into the dress.
TEEN 1: Speaking of bling, check out her friend Miss Buddy. She’s flashing a stunning necklace and earrings, gorgeous bracelets, and a truly elegant tiara. She’s really got style!
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TEEN 2: And in a style nod to the Marquis her full length white gloves are decorated with pictures of Lafayette. Lafayette gloves are a hot item this season.
TEEN 1: Miss Champlin is here tonight with her dad, wearing his blue officer’s tailcoat, wool and silk I understand, with metal buttons. I think he fought in the war with Lafayette.
TEEN 2: A man in uniform is always in style....
MUSIC OUT
NARR: There were events like this everywhere Lafayette went for the next year, in large cities and even in small towns. And here’s something else that many towns and cities did: they built a triumphal arch for Lafayette. Like the one at the end of this hallway. This one is small and plywood. But back then they were built of plaster and big enough for Lafayette’s carriage to pass through.
TEEN: For the next stop on your tour walk through the arch and turn right.
16 STOP #8: LAFAYETTE IN AMERICA TODAY
HIP HOP MARSEILLAISE
NARR: Americans were so enthusiastic about Lafayette that they started naming things after him. Cities, counties, streets, rivers, parks, even a college in Pennsylvania. This sign shows you some of the places named after Lafayette. Sometimes the name changed to just Fayette, or Fayetteville, and sometimes they named things after his estate in France called La Grange, which in America changed to LaGrange.
SFX: DRUM ROLL (SHORTER DRUM ROLLS BETWEEN EACH)
TEEN: Here’s a list of places we found….
TEEN: There are 6 counties in the United States named Lafayette.
TEEN: There are 10 counties named Fayette.
TEEN: And there’s 1 county named LaGrange.
TEEN: There are 12 cities named Lafayette.
TEEN: There are 7 cities named Fayette.
TEEN: There are 6 cities named Fayetteville.
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TEEN: And there are 10 cities named LaGrange.
SFX: DRUM ROLL
NARR: It happened in New York City too! There’s a Lafayette Street in Manhattan. And a Lafayette Avenue in the Bronx and another in Brooklyn. There’s a Lafayette High School in Brooklyn too. And in three New York City parks there are life-sized statues of Lafayette.
TEEN: Can you guess any of the parks? We’ll give you five seconds think.
THINKING MUSIC :05
TEEN: One is in Union Square on 14th street in Manhattan.
TEEN: Another is in Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
TEEN: And another is in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan.
NARR: Now go through the doorway. The next stop is in that room on your left.
18 STOP # 9: EARWITNESS NEWS COVERAGE OF LAFAYETTE IN PHILADELPHIA
HIP HOP TRACK UNDER
NARR: This room is about places connected to the American Revolution that Lafayette visited in1824. And a funny thing happened.
TRUMPET FANFARE
Because he visited these places, and because Americans started to realize how important the Revolution was to this nation, they became patriotic shrines for all Americans, almost holy places to visit. And Americans still honor these places today. Like Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Everything in this corner of the room is about his visit to Philadelphia.
CROWD/PARADE AMBIENCE BEGINS
The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, and Lafayette went to see where it happened because of how important it is in history. Imagine if we could hear a live news report from back then. It might sound something like this…..
NEWS THEME MUSIC
REPORTER From Earwitness News your Philadelphia news 1: leader…
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REPORTER This is live coverage of the Lafayette parade. I’m 2: Ricardo.
REPORTER And I’m Ashley. 1: I can see Lafayette’s parade…slowly making its way up Chestnut Street to the State House where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
REPORTER There are bleachers on both sides of the street as high 2: as the rooftops.
REPORTER The parade is passing through 13 triumphal arches 1: one for each of the original 13 colonies.
CANNON BOOMS
REPORTER And hear the cannons? There are 13 of them too one 2: for every arch he goes through! This is a great day for the city of Philadelphia!
REPORTER And a great day for America! 1:
20 HIP HOP TRACK UNDER…
NARR: It was a great day…because Lafayette went there. Most people had forgotten where the Declaration was actually signed. Congress gave Lafayette his own copy of the Declaration, which he proudly framed. Maybe you saw it in the little room with the picture of his wife. If you missed it, go back and take a look later. Anyway, Philadelphia realized what a special place the building was. So they decided to clean it up, decorate it, and rename it Independence Hall. And ever since it’s been a historic site that millions of Americans visit. Maybe you have too.
TEEN: In the rest of this room are 3 other places that Lafayette visited.
TEEN: The memorial at Bunker Hill where the first shots were fired in the Revolution.
TEEN: And Mount Vernon where George Washington lived and is buried.
TEEN: And Yorktown Virginia. That’s the battleground where Lafayette really proved his military skills – where the British gave up and the Revolutionary War ended.
NARR: Remember the painting you saw of Lafayette and James Armistead at the Battle of Yorktown? Back in the little room. In 1824 Lafayette visited the old battlefield and met Armistead, who was by then a free man – no longer a slave – thanks to Lafayette. Take your time and explore the rest of the room. You’re next stop is in the next room.
21 STOP #10: MUSIC FROM LAFAYETTE’S TOUR
NARR: This display shows you old musical instruments from the time of Lafayette’s tour. Music was a big part of the celebration in every town. A lot of times they wrote special music just for him. These instruments are over 150 years old, but I’m sure you can recognize most of them. The drum of course....
SFX: DRUM ROLL
TEEN: A bugle...this one has valves like a trumpet
SFX: BUGLE
TEEN: A violin....
SFX: VIOLIN
TEEN: A fife...it sounds like a flute but higher.
SFX: FIFE
NARR: But I bet you’ve never seen that big black thing. It’s called a serpent. It’s made of wood and covered in leather. Can you guess what it sounded like? Well, it was kind of like a tuba, and it sounded like this.
SFX: SERPENT
HIP HOP TRACK UNDER…
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NARR: When you look around the room you’ll see headphones in three corners. These are listening stations for different things. At one station you can hear parts of a speech by the orator Daniel Webster at the Bunker Hill Memorial.
TEEN: Lafayette was there that day.
NARR: The corner with the video screen is all about toasts that people gave at banquets for Lafayette.
TEEN: It’s fun and you can listen and watch in a few minutes.
NARR: But first we want you to hear what’s in the third corner. We put the sound on your player so you can just keep listening using the headphones you have on. It’s all about Frank Johnson, a black composer and musician who was commissioned to write music for Lafayette’s visit to Philadelphia. You’re going to hear a scene with Frank rehearsing his musicians while workmen are building the stage they’ll play on
TEEN: And you’ll hear some of the great music they made too.
TEEN: It’s five minutes long. So sit on the bench if you want to.
NARR: When it’s done you can go listen to the other corners of this room or you can go on to the next stop on the tour which is in the next room.
FRANK JOHNSON SCENE IN ITS ENTIRETY
23 STOP #11: THE LAFAYETTE EMPORIUM
NARR: Think of this room like a big store...a Lafayette store! Every American who saw Lafayette wanted something to remember him.
TEEN: They wanted stuff! Kind of like souvenirs.
TEEN: You could buy all kinds of Lafayette products.
TEEN: This room shows just some of the stuff people bought.
NARR: If they had TV in 1824 you might have seen a commercial like this....
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ADVERTISER: Lafayette! The hero of the American Revolution! And now can you be part of the action with these amazing products from the Lafayette Emporium. His face on every item! For you guys, a Lafayette razor, a Lafayette pipe, Lafayette playing cards, Lafayette gloves, and more! For the gals, Lafayette gloves for you too. Plus souvenir ribbons, a Lafayette clothes brush, and even Lafayette shoes for the baby! In the kitchen eat patriotically off of Lafayette dinnerware! And for everybody, Lafayette money! That’s right real money with our French hero’s face on it. Collect it. Spend it. Either way you’ll feel great! Call now. 1 800 LAFAYETTE. Operators are standing by. Order today to celebrate Lafayette and celebrate America! The Lafayette Emporium. Call now!
25 HIP HOP TRACK…
NARR: We’re used to that sort of thing today. It’s kind of like when you go to a music concert...or go see the Mets or Yankees play...or go to the circus...or go to a museum, or to DisneyWorld! You want something to remember the day... a t-shirt, a poster, a hat, a keychain, a big goofy pencil, anything! Especially if it has a picture of your favorite person on it. And it all started with Lafayette’s tour. It was the first time so many Americans wanted to buy something with somebody’s picture on it. Somehow it made them feel more patriotic.
TEEN: Take your time looking around at all the “stuff” in this room.
TEEN: Your next stop is the big portrait of Lafayette.
26 STOP # 12 : WHAT THE N-YHS INTERNS THINK ABOUT MORSE’S LAFAYETTE PORTRAIT
TEEN: What do you think of this portrait of Lafayette?
HEROIC MUSIC BEGINS…
NARR: It’s called a heroic portrait because it’s supposed to make the subject look like a hero. Samuel Morse painted it while Lafayette was in New York in 1824. You may recognize the name Samuel Morse because he later went on to invent the telegraph.
TEEN: You know Morse Code...
SFX: MORSE CODE
NARR: It’s the biggest portrait of Lafayette in the exhibit. What do you think about when you look at it?
TEEN: While you’re thinking we want to tell you what we think.
MARSEILLAISE HIP HOP BED
TEEN COLLAGE: Shatasia: When I first looked at this painting I was staring at it for a minute because I liked it.
Grace: I like this picture because it shows authority, determination, sophistication.
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Sherrie: It makes him look confident, patriotic.
Kiola: I think of bravery.
Sherrie: Well I think he looks really heroic, I mean he’s standing at a very dramatic pose.
Jasmine: I think he looks over worked because you know he was doing a lot for America.
Kiola: And I think he has the two statues of Washington and Benjamin Franklin, someone that believed in him and inspired him so he will be the next…
Bonita: Yea, I like kind of the black and the pink like it combines with some of the clouds.
Ashley: It’s like two sides of him like morning side happy and then you get to the dark side and with the dark clouds showing a different side of him.
Ariel: He looks like he’s contemplating like he’s thinking because the way his face is in his eye brows are up so it looks like he’s worried or stressed and he’s thinking really hard, and then like the sky kind of reflects his face, the clouds kind of reflects what he is feeling, that’s how I feel about it.
Chloe: I think that the clouds like they represent like a new beginning for some reason because as you see it’s like dark in one spot then it gets lighter as it goes behind him, so maybe a new beginning. A new beginning for America.
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Ariel: On the bottom that’s like showing America new day like that’s how I see it. Like the sun is rising for that.
Jennifer: It’s like our size so it makes me feel like he’s standing here with us since it’s so big— I like it. And I like his shoes. (Music stops, bell rings)
TEEN: Would you like to hear more of what we think about Lafayette’s portrait? Just press 112 on your keypad.
TEEN: Don’t forget about the carriage.
NARR: Oh that’s right. On the basement level of the museum you can see one of the carriages Lafayette rode in on his tour of America.
TEEN: The real thing! It’s cool, so check out the basement.
TEEN: Psstt! You’ll also see a guillotine, the kind that chopped off Marie Antoinette’s head in the French Revolution, a few years after the American Revolution.
SFX. GUILLOTINE
TEEN: She was the Queen of France.
TEEN: I’m glad we didn’t use the guillotine in America. But check out the guillotine anyway. It’s still pretty cool.
29 STOP # 13: TAKE A CARRIAGE RIDE WITH THE MARQUIS
NARR: When Lafayette toured the New England States, he rode in this carriage.
TEEN: Really! This exact carriage.
TEEN: And it was a luxury sedan in 1824.
NARR: It’s called a basket wagon and the body is woven, like a basket, from willow branches. The inside is lined with silk, and the metal handles on the front and sides are silver. It belonged to a Dr. Jarvis of New Hampshire. I wonder what they might have talked about as they traveled…
SFX: HORSE WHINNY/HOOVES AND CARRIAGE
JARVIS: Ok General Lafayette, just sit back and relax… if you can.
LAFAYETTE: Thank you Dr. Jarvis. This road is very smooth compared to some I have traveled. Mon Dieu! Sometimes it has been tres difficile…I mean very difficult. But your carriage is very nice. It is new?
JARVIS: Why thank you general. No, actually it’s 14 years old. But me and the missus only take it out for special occasions, and this certainly qualifies. I think we can make about 9 miles an hour on this trip.
LAFAYETTE: That is excellent time and the pace I would like to keep. Doctor, my knee is bothering me. Can you suggest something for the pain? 30
JARVIS: I'd soak it in cold water. Did you hurt it dancing with your lady friend at the party last night?
LAFAYETTE: No, no my knee was first injured at the Battle of Brandywine in 1777 during your revolutionary war, but the dancing, it doesn't help! I didn't realize anyone noticed my young friend at the party.
JARVIS: She did seem a tad on the young side. But I guess the pain is worth it for such a beautiful young woman.
LAFAYETTE: Her name is Miss Fanny Wright of England. And yes she is tres jolie, very pretty, and very intelligent. She opposes slavery as much as I do!
JARVIS: I heard the young woman proposed marriage to you. Will you accept?
LAFAYETTE: Oh no Doctor. She is wonderful but I made a promise to my wife Adrienne before she died that I would never marry again.
JARVIS: Where are you heading after Windsor, General?
LAFAYETTE: I am off to Burlington. Vermont is a beautiful place.
JARVIS: Yes, it is general. What’s the agenda for your stop in Burlington.
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LAFAYETTE: Oh, it is the same everywhere I go: parades, parties, food, music, and who knows—they may name a street after me! But it never gets old. I love the American people and I am honored to be your guest. And now Doctor, I think I will try to take a nap.
JARVIS: Go right ahead General. Next stop Windsor, Vermont! Giddy-up!
SFX FADE OUT
HIP HOP MARSEILLAISE
NARR: That’s the end of your tour. Please return the player and headphones where you picked them up. You’ll get a handout about the exhibit and have a chance to win an iPod Nano! You just have to answer a question on the handout.
TEEN: You only have to write about 3 sentences. It’s easy.
NARR: And fill in your name and address. Then tear off the answer and drop it in a box you’ll see. This summer we’ll draw from the entries and you could be the winner!
TEENS: Good luck!
HIP HOP MARSEILLAISE ENDING
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