Road to Liberty: Lafayette Comes to Help America | The White House Founders Museum

He was 19, forbidden by his king, and willing to risk everything for freedom. This is how Lafayette’s journey reshaped the American Revolution and America itself.

In our series Road to Liberty, famous historical portraits come to life to tell the incredible true stories that shaped the American Revolution. In this episode, discover how a young French noble, driven by liberty, loss, and conviction, joined the American Revolution, forged a bond with George Washington, and helped transform a colonial rebellion into a global cause.

This is the moment America’s fight for independence began to draw the attention of the world.

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