Comments on: “Lafayette Is Here”: The Post Covers A Hero’s Return

By: Ima Ryma

Ima Ryma — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:29:19 +0000

Hero, Marquis de Lafayette,
Returned to the young U.S.A.
A hero’s welcome he would get
For his help finding freedom’s way
Through Revolutionary War.
All the states and thousands of miles,
For thirteen months he travelled o’er
The nation filled with friendly smiles.
The Saturday Evening Post
Was etiquette judge for the trip,
The editors easily grossed
Out by all the hero worship.

Land of the free, home of the brave,
A peeved Post if you misbehave.

By: Walter Radtke

Walter Radtke — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:46:56 +0000

It is not generally realized how close our revolution came to being defeated more than once. That it was successful was miraculous on many levels. Fortunately, Europe gave us the creme of its thinkers, statesmen and craftsmen in the years before our revolution, men and women seeking freedom out of principle, freedoms they could not attain in Europe and elsewhere. America had a literacy rate of over 90% in those days, England’s literacy was 20%. A free press was instrumental in keeping the supporters of the revolution informed and organized. Lafayette, Von Steuben and many others who came from Europe specifically to help the revolution, were idealists willing to go head to head with tyranny. They were ethical leaders and their example should be made part of the fabric of our education system.

By: gene upton

gene upton — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:33:34 +0000

loved the story, a part of history i did not remember studying in school … i realy enjoyed… thank you for embracing a gloriuos part of our history…gene