BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Alexandria -- Hermione Visits -- Exhibit Shelter

VA -- Alexandria -- Hermione Visits -- Exhibit Shelter:

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Description of Pictures: Explore the Hermione, an exact replica of the ship that brought the Marquis de Lafayette to George Washington with news of full French aid in 1780, turning the tide of the American Revolution.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. HERMX_150610_007.JPG: Hermione Voyage Heritage Vilage
2. HERMX_150610_027.JPG: The Voyage Home - and Back Again (1779-80)
3. HERMX_150610_032.JPG: After 38 days of sea, the Hermione arrived in Boston. Unsurprisingly, Lafayette received a hero's welcome.
4. HERMX_150610_056.JPG: Marquis de Lafayette
5. HERMX_150610_059.JPG: Why not?
6. HERMX_150610_062.JPG: Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette
7. HERMX_150610_068.JPG: Lafayette and Washington: A valuable friendship
8. HERMX_150610_071.JPG: Lafayette even named his own son George Washington Lafayette after the General. who had become both a father figure and a friend.
9. HERMX_150610_074.JPG: The Oneida Indian Nation: Enlisting an unlikely ally
10. HERMX_150610_081.JPG: Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge
11. HERMX_150610_084.JPG: The Oneidas at the Battle of Oriskany by Don Troiani
12. HERMX_150610_090.JPG: Lafayette's Legacy and Learnings
13. HERMX_150610_093.JPG: An 1824 portrait with a portrait of Armistead and a facsimile of Lafayette's 1784 testimonial to his service during the Yorktown Campaign.
14. HERMX_150610_099.JPG: Inspired by the story of his valet James Armistead, a former slave from Virginia who became a spy for the Continental Army, Lafayette also became a vocal anti-slavery advocate> And his belief in tolerance for all didn't end there: Lafayette also fought for the restoration of civil rights to French Protestants, Jews, and non-Catholics.
15. HERMX_150610_100.JPG: Washington, Rochambeau, Lafayette and their staff in Yorktown, by Louis-Charles-Auguste Condere
16. HERMX_150610_103.JPG: Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown dealt a final blow to the British war effort. However, it took more than a year for King George III and British Parliament to finally acknowledge the former colonies as "free, sovereign and independent States." Victory, better late than never, was sweet.
17. HERMX_150610_110.JPG: The Grand Finale
18. HERMX_150610_119.JPG: The Hermione at War
19. HERMX_150610_142.JPG: The Hermione Reborn
20. HERMX_150610_151.JPG: Carpenters began the reconstruction project by creating a scale model, 1/18th the size of the original frigate to guide the builders. For fifteen years, this painstaking process to build an exact replica of the Hermione has been underway.
21. HERMX_150610_159.JPG: Hermione by the Numbers * 2 sculptures on the ship: Coat of Arms of France and figurehead of a lion * 15.5 miles of hemp rope control more than 1,000 pulleys * 2,400 sq. yards of linen for the ship's sails * 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit is the melting point of the pure iron used to create thousands of pieces for the ship * 4,000 mature oak trees were used to build the ship's hull * 24,000 feet of rope keep the masts in place
22. HERMX_150610_165.JPG: Building a Monument to Liberty
23. HERMX_150610_169.JPG: The Hermione Sails Again
24. HERMX_150610_179.JPG: The reconstruction of the Hermione was not simply intended to create a stationary diorama of naval life during the American Revolution.
25. HERMX_150610_203.JPG: Rochefort: Birthplace of the Hermione
26. HERMX_150610_206.JPG: Just outside La Rochelle, a bridge reaches out to Ile de Re, a picture-perfect vacation destination. Explore Ile de Re's ten enchanting villages, taste island produce at the daily food market or browse the craft shops and be sure to visit the bustling harbor.
27. HERMX_150610_219.JPG: Gastronomy and Lifestyle
28. HERMX_150610_222.JPG: Dynamic Industry
29. HERMX_150610_229.JPG: Festival Fever!
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