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@InfamoussDBZ

3 жыл бұрын

Please return the women of history playlist for biographics. I used to fall asleep listening to it.

@AmberWool

3 жыл бұрын

If we're going to add non-Americans to the list of those who helped win the AmericanRevolution, let us not forget Casimir Pulaski and Friedrich von Steuben.

@yousall7259

3 жыл бұрын

Do 1 on zoro, not a joke, Please.

@NuanceOverDogma

8 ай бұрын

Do Baron von Steuben next

Fun fact: Lafayette is technically buried under American soil. His son Georges Washington took a trip to the US to gather soil from bunker hill

@uppastdawn7627

3 жыл бұрын

And there are always American Flags flown over his grave at Picpus Cemetery. It is an impressive place to visit.

@HistoryHappens

3 жыл бұрын

Actually Lafayette himself with his son gathered the soil on his tour of all 24 states for the 50th anniversary of the United States independence.

@ahoj7720

3 жыл бұрын

And it is said that the American flag stayed on his grave even during the Nazi occupation of France.

@markberninger6111

3 жыл бұрын

@@HistoryHappens According to those who maintain Mount Vernon, Washington's home Lafayette collected the soil for his burial from Mount Vernon. He toured the US extensively but I doubt he visited all of the states. By the way his son was named George Washington Lafayette.

@markberninger6111

3 жыл бұрын

Seems he did manage to visit every state.. My mistake

A brit telling Americans about a French war hero. Lafayette must be laughing

@theawesomeman9821

3 жыл бұрын

Ironic

@jinz0

3 жыл бұрын

laughing at how france is now just muslim country xD

@nortongood

3 жыл бұрын

@@jinz0 xD

@MaxwellAerialPhotography

3 жыл бұрын

He’s telling the world.

@yumyumwhatzohai

3 жыл бұрын

A french and american war hero, did you not watch the video?

Everyone give it up for America's favourite fightin' Frenchman! Edit: back 7 months later and I had no idea my OG comment got over 700 likes! Thanks :)

@Tyleya

3 жыл бұрын

Lafayette!!!!!

@marikanin2599

3 жыл бұрын

I´m taking this horse by the reins making red coats redder with bloodstains!

@Vatul

3 жыл бұрын

@@marikanin2599 Lafayette!!!!!

@mrpink8951

3 жыл бұрын

Woo! It is just a pity that everyone mistakes his statue in front of the White House for G. Washington xD

@eddyguizonde401

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrpink8951 i haven't been to d.c. in almost 20 years, but isn't it called "lafayette square"? i mean, it's in the name

Bonus fact: Lafayette’s imprisonment was made significantly better after American diplomats(after failing to outright get his release) noted he never was paid for his service in the American Revolution. Surprisingly, Congress actually agreed on something, and swiftly approved his pension, allowing Lafayette a comfortable confinement.

Honestly, with how important Lafayette was in history, I’m surprised Simon hasn’t done this video a lot earlier.

@sonofagun1037

3 жыл бұрын

Idk why a brit doesn't want to talk about a man who lost him his colonies

@samuelboston5121

3 жыл бұрын

Cant release all the good ones all at once. This keeps us coming back

@Mrbrbusby

3 жыл бұрын

Eric Yung I for one want to come back under the once a Briton always one law. This is experiment is a bloody disaster. Ask the millions starving here today with no job no health care no nothing. No Tudor Windsor or for that matter no bloody Plantagenet even would leave their people this way. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@FreedomForever2010

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mrbrbusby apparently you aren't very well informed about the state of things in Britain.

@marquisdelafayette1929

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.. crazy right!?

Lafayette: “That’s a pretty good Revolution you going there. I want in!”

“Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country” Marquis de Lafayette

@thunderbird1921

3 жыл бұрын

Few exactly realized how historic and unprecedented America's formation as a sovereign country was. Lafayette did. A turning point in the history of humanity.

@hidenname541

Жыл бұрын

@@thunderbird1921 Honestly yes and no, let's say its in the Shadow of the French Revolution but it played a major role in that revolution

@karlm7592

6 ай бұрын

Enter humanity 2023

This guy really is an Assassins creed character . Fighting his way through all of histories biggest events.

@pretzelstick320

11 ай бұрын

I was surprised that assassins creed didn’t make him more prominent in their storyline. In AC unity, he was basically forgotten.

France “everything is ok now “ France a day later “ revolution”

@whateveryouwantittobe8303

3 жыл бұрын

France "everything is ok now" France a day later "we surrender"

@slimdiddyd

3 жыл бұрын

This even describes modern France lmao

@jmitterii2

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think that's fair to the French. It's rather arrogant of us Americans and other nationals who make such pokes. Really, the French among many other nations establishing a democratic republic from an absolute monarchy was always a difficult thing to pull off and to sustain. The US was only luck in that it had the British's Civil War and resulting constitutional laws to expand on, a constitutional Monarchy. And it wasn't all fancy pants and wonder berries for the US either, entering a civil war just 80 years later. Dutch, a republic during the US Revolutionary War, went back to being a constitutional monarchy that it has remained to this day. Venice and other Italian States were more monarchical or nobility republics a form of constitutional monarchy. Forming a republic isn't easy. It took France almost a century to eventually form a reliable one without it diverting toward an insane conspiracy cranked fueled lunatics like Robespierre or Banana Republic emperor dictator Napoleon. Russia's turned into a blood bath and still today they're in a weird pseudo republic dictatorship monarchy like thing. Germany's and Austria's only happened after World War 1, then it turned into... well we know how that went down. And only After WW2 did they form a long lasting non-monarchical republic. Democracies are still very very very new relative to recorded history. They're much better than all other governmental types to the common person, but difficult to create and to maintain. The French should be given credit, they had to keep trying over and over to develop a republic that would eventually work without turning into some new form of semi-constitutional/absolute monarchy or dictatorship. Their spur to incite revolution shouldn't be mocked. But admired. A democratic republic can only exist and be maintained if the people participate in it.

@leroiarouf1142

2 жыл бұрын

@@whateveryouwantittobe8303 ur mom

@whateveryouwantittobe8303

2 жыл бұрын

@@leroiarouf1142 you're gonna reply to a year old comment? Is this literally the only thing you have in life is to make dumb comments on jokes?

I've always loved this quote: "LAFAYETTE, WE ARE HERE." These words were spoken during World War I at the tomb of the Marquis de Lafayette during a speech honoring his heroic service in the cause of the American Revolution. On 4 July, 1917 Paris celebrated American Independence Day. A U.S. battalion marched to the Picpus Cemetery, where several speeches were made at Lafayette's tomb. The historic words uttered on that occasion, "Lafayette, nous voilà" (Lafayette, we are here), have been popularly, but erroneously, attributed to General John J. Pershing. He stated that they were spoken by Colonel Charles E. Stanton, and "to him must go the credit for coining so happy and felicitous a phrase."

@anntares172

2 жыл бұрын

It's sad that returning soldiers, war weary, said things like "I've paid my debt to Lafayette." It somewhat left a sour note of no fault of his own.

@LKMNOP

16 күн бұрын

​@@anntares172Why you so sad? It meant that they felt a camaraderie with him. And soldiers feel debt all the time. You feel a debt for your country which is why you fight for it. And it's a good feeling and very honorable to have completed a debt. The word debt does not always have a negative connotation that you're giving it

@LKMNOP

16 күн бұрын

How big of Pershing to give the quote to whom it belong to. Many generals, I could think of MacArthur for one, would have grabbed that glory for themselves

"EVERYONE GIVE IT UP FOR AMERICA'S FAVORITE FIGHTIN' FRENCHMAN!"

@Thegiacobass

3 жыл бұрын

LAFAYETTE!

@Chantal-612

3 жыл бұрын

IM TAKIN’ THIS HORSE BY THE REINS MAKE REDCOATS REDDER WITH BLOOD STAINS

@johannao4849

3 жыл бұрын

LAFAYETTE!

@nutpeg6915

3 жыл бұрын

AND ITS NEVER GONNA STOP UNTIL ILL MAKE EM DROP, BURN EM UP AND SCATTER THEIR REMAINS UP!

@armedwithwings3953

3 жыл бұрын

Which one’s copied

A interesting sidenote...the present King of Belguim is his descendant.

@adamd5849

3 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool

@G_Okr

3 жыл бұрын

That is indeed an interesting sidenote.

@tonys9397

2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting

@yooperman7537

2 жыл бұрын

I looked into it. Hard. Couldn’t find any reference to this fact. Please help me.

@Nerdznewznow

2 жыл бұрын

@@yooperman7537 it’s through the king’s mother, making King Philippe the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of the Marquis De Lafayette

This guy lived a life that should be referenced far more in US/Eruo History classes in the United States

@Bingewatchingmediacontent

3 жыл бұрын

America doesn’t want everyone to know how much of a role the aristocracy played in our “revolution”

@FourScoreSevenYearsAgo

2 жыл бұрын

I was never taught about Lafayette (and a l o t of other things) at my school. Thank god I’m interested in history and learned about him myself. The American education system is jacked the hell up.

@rcgraham

2 жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to have had public elementary, middle, and high school teachers who discussed Lafayette and his role in our War for Independence in length, so it wasn't until I was in university that I began to meet people who had never heard of him other than a passing mention of his name! What??? How?? Why?? It made NO sense to me, whatsoever and still doesn't! He was an essential ingredient to our melting pot of independence that we may never have known, without his dedication to personal liberation and freedom.

@dougduncan1005

2 жыл бұрын

Hero of Two Worlds by Mike Duncan -2021 (Public Affairs). Debuted in August 2021 at number one on the Washington Post bestseller list; number three on the NYT list. (Full disclosure: yes, he’s our son.)

@HenryVarn

2 жыл бұрын

I was taught extensively about him in elementary and middle school. Not to mention in the area of the South I grew up in had a reverence for him.

Fun fact: Fayetteville, North Carolina was named one honor of Lafayette. The first place in the United States named for him. As a former resident of Fayetteville, NC, I can say that Lafayette is still held on high regard there.

Crazy to think that he was only 19 when he met George Washington!

@RoaroftheTiger

3 жыл бұрын

Most Men, that go off to War; are tragically, Only "boys" of "19".

@RoaroftheTiger

3 жыл бұрын

@Kroi Albanoi yes, "boys".

@HistoryHappens

3 жыл бұрын

And that Washington more twice his age was immediately fond of this young general!

@paulheap1982

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoaroftheTiger most of them aren't high ranking though.

@RoaroftheTiger

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulheap1982 That wasn't my point. All this "glory" nonsense aside; many of these "19 years old boys" (average age) are left emotionally scared for Life - 'PTS' . This is Not a imaginary malady. Please watch "Wartorn" a HBO documentary directed by James Gandolfini ( yes, from the "Sopranos") . It's worth your time . thank you.

Lafayette has always been one of my favorite heroes of the revolution. He's pretty much the only Frenchman that American history reveres. We crack jokes about the French mostly because of the WWII surrender, but no one talks crap about Lafayette

@tristinkirby

2 жыл бұрын

So true

@elitefencer777

10 ай бұрын

One of the only highlights of John Quincy Adams' presidency was an impassioned funerary oration that he delivered to the US Congress upon La Fayette's death; done in the Ancient Roman tradition.

I actually met one of Lafayette's descendants in 2017. He came to see a French Dance Troupe performance about the life of Lafayette at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. It took place on the anniversary of when Lafayette arrived in Norfolk for his farewell tour on October 19, 1824. Yes. There are a ton of things named after Lafayette in Norfolk, including the Lafayette River and Lafayette Park.

@e9cw196

Жыл бұрын

I am a descendant of someone called “Baron de kalb” who worked alongside Lafayette I’m pretty sure

@Drimirin

Жыл бұрын

My family is descended from both him and Sam Houston, we carry both names. People have a hard time believing you share ancestry with two historical figures but the history of the United States is very short compared to most countries.

He really had talk to and interact with three famous generals in history: Simon Bolivar, Napoleon Bonaparte, and George Washington. Also another interesting fact, during the American Revolution he handed out swords to many American soldiers who had fought bravery while serving under him. One of them is a soldier name Daniel Shays, who would also later start a fail rebellion in the state of Massachusetts.

@AClark-gs5gl

2 жыл бұрын

Shays was not attempting to overthrow the U.S. Government. It is cool knowing he fought under Lafayette. Thanks for that information.

@codyshi4743

Жыл бұрын

True, because back then the US National government was too weak, and only the state government has the most power.

@PodGodGodOfPod-jb7sf

11 ай бұрын

Simon bolivar ❤

A crime that American history classes don’t talk about him more. A truly great man that perfectly embodies what it means to be American, and he IS American, even if he is also French.

"I'm takin' this horse by the reins makin' Redcoats redder with bloodstains Lafayette! And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em Drop and burn 'em up and scatter their remains, I'm Lafayette! Watch me engagin' em! Escapin' em! Enragin' em! I'm- Lafayette! I go to France for more funds Lafayette! I come back with more guns And ships And so the balance shifts."

@landtsmith584

3 жыл бұрын

We rendezvous at Rochambeau and consolidate their gifts. We can end this war at York town, cut them off sea but for this to succeed there's someone else your gonna need. I know. HAMILTON. sure he knows what to do with the trench ingenuity and he's fluent in French I mean. HAMILTON. You gotta use him eventually. HAMILTON. No one has more resilience or matches my practical tactical brilliance

@J3s5y

3 жыл бұрын

Thee hero!

@SuperFlower323

3 жыл бұрын

@@landtsmith584 you wanna fight for your land back?

@villain1813

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite song.

@miniatureben3558

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperFlower323 *I need my right hand man back

I knew how both important and largely unrecognized he was in the American Revolutionary War. I knew how integral he was in the French Revolution. I did not know how much more he was involved with. He should get and deserves so much more recognition. This was one of the best videos you've done so far!

@christinabeard222

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I am a French teacher and I used to teach French history as content to my upper levels. I only ever made it to the French Revolution by the end of the year. I knew about him of course, but I think I will do more reading on him to learn even more nuance. Wow! What a man, what a man, what a man, what a man, what a mighty fine man...

@ginagee8737

3 жыл бұрын

He should have his own movies. This is truly a great man. My French ancestry should be proud

@hidenname541

Жыл бұрын

Honestly there quite a lot of cities and streets in the US named after him, just in new york you have 5 different streets called Fayette something

I imagine a conversation with this man would be fascinating

@jolene9756

3 жыл бұрын

lol, he was actually a really awkward guy, hed probably be really nervous

If you are making a Hamilton reference, someone else has already posted it.

A musical about Lafayette would be amazing. Starting with him in the American revolution and ends when the American troops arrived in France centuries later.

Though denied a eulogy at his funeral, Simon just made up for it with an outstanding one. I got goosebumps in the final minutes of this video. In earnestness, well done Biographics.

@adriangaushausindahaus20

Жыл бұрын

Amen....same here

@elitefencer777

10 ай бұрын

Quincy Adam delivered a good one as well, to Congress. Definitely worth reading for a good sense of how they viewed the man from a past they'd only read about.

In 10 minutes time, this will be full of Hamilton references. Edit: thanks for the likes

@CompaDeArranke

3 жыл бұрын

And I'm ok with that 🤣

@possibear

3 жыл бұрын

they will be non-stop

@monicasodergren752

3 жыл бұрын

LA-FAY-ETTE!!

@harrisondavis3203

3 жыл бұрын

@dick dickerson careful how you proceed good man.

@joshuawyatt4737

3 жыл бұрын

Lafayette's a smart man, he'll be fine 🙂

"America has joined forces with the Allied Powers, and what we have of blood and treasure are yours. Therefore it is that with loving pride we drape the colors in tribute of respect to this citizen of your great republic. And here and now, in the presence of the illustrious dead, we pledge our hearts and our honor in carrying this war to a successful issue. Lafayette, we are here." -Colonel Charles E. Stanton, US Army, July 4, 1917

@jakedunnegan

8 ай бұрын

THAT is the America I know and love. The one that honors her debts and fights for freedom.

At the 21 minute mark, there is an error in the date Lafayette ended his Farewell Tour of the US. It was 1825, not 1835. This is a nice summary of his life, but omits mention of his efforts to end slavery. He tried to convince our Founding Fathers that everyone should be free, and later had a plantation in French Guyana where he and his wife were paying formerly enslaved people to work it. This was taken from them during the French Revolution, and unfortunately the workers did not become freed. Also interesting to note that Adrienne and his daughters joined him in prison in Austria; there is a print in the video that shows them all together in the prison.

God damn... This was truly the story of a true hero and revolutionary.

Every time someone mentions the Marquis, I just picture Daveed Diggs in a ponytail now

The fact that the American revolution barely reached a quarter of the whole video show how exciting the life of Lafayette was

Thanks very much. We Americans know about his contributions to the American Revolution. It was great to hear about his entire life’s story.

Thank you everyone! Love you all. And yes, I had red hair, don't hold it against me.

@umaakacutiepatootie6806

3 жыл бұрын

Lafayette!-How is your wife Adrienne?:D

@strasbourgeois1

2 жыл бұрын

Vive la Republique

I live in Fayette county PA. I served at fort Bragg and spent a considerable amount of time in Fayetteville NC. I lived 2 streets down from a historic landmark that heralds that the Marquise de la fayette stayed there. the man left his mark

@dougdrazga4461

10 ай бұрын

Hey, me too. Our band played at the courthouse when the Lafayette statue was dedicated there.

@saltandprepper5024

10 ай бұрын

Nice!

“Immigrants, we get the job done.”

@J3s5y

3 жыл бұрын

Favorite line! ❤

@LOLelpepe

3 жыл бұрын

Stop

@Framsky

3 жыл бұрын

The thing about that line in Hamilton is that neither Hamilton nor Lafayette were immigrants. Always bothered me.

@tristainmyers458

3 жыл бұрын

@@Framsky I mean technically hamilton was a immigrant before the revolutionary war

@LOLelpepe

3 жыл бұрын

@@Framsky even if they were, I honestly am tired of the "diversiveness" in Hamilton. That line was obviously put there for that reason, and it is funny bc if you were to ask Hamilton himself what he thought of that, he'd angerly refuse it. Usually people from the past were not kin to modern ideals, which is sad.

1:30 - Chapter 1 - Born to fight 4:50 - Chapter 2 - The hero of two worlds 6:55 - Chapter 3 - Revolution (Part 1 : Paris Burning) 10:30 - Mid roll ads 11:45 - Chapter 4 - Revolution (Part 2 : Terror reigns) 15:15 - Chapter 5 - The age of empire 19:35 - Chapter 6 - The last revolution

Thanks for the details on Lafayette - the man who launched revolutions, city streets, and public high schools!

@j.j.9123

7 ай бұрын

@donald Kelley, there are 33 states who have cities or counties names for Lafayette.

Holy smokes! Turns down Gov of Louisianna, and the Legion of Honor in the same year?! That is a man of principle!

Could we get a biographics about Jules Verne? I’d love to hear what in his life could have influenced and inspired the father of modern science fiction. I love your episodes about artists and writers and hearing their life experience/their time period bleeding into they’re work.

@pn4960

3 жыл бұрын

Joshua Escopete yeeeeees !

@tomf3150

3 жыл бұрын

As a huge fan of Jules Verne, I too would love a biography of J. Verne.

@skizzik121

3 жыл бұрын

I think extra credits in their series Extra Sci-fi covered him but I don't remember how extensively. Look through their playlists and find Sci-fi

@joshuaescopete

3 жыл бұрын

@@skizzik121 I believe they covered his body of work and contribution to sci fi, but I’d like to know more about what drove him into writing and highs and lows of his personal life.🤓

@slimemold4767

3 жыл бұрын

if we're doing jules verne can we also get H. G. Wells??

This was great. As Eddie Izzard said, we owe a debt of gratitude to Lafayette.

I'm so excited to listed to this one while I work. Lafayette is one of my favorite Lafayette figures.

We are here Lafayette. We always will be.

@sanitarycockroach9038

Жыл бұрын

America remembers our beloved son!

My cat is named after Lafayette, I’ve watched a few other videos on him but they weren’t narrated by Simon, so I’m going to like this one.

hamilton kids are going wild rn

@pierren___

3 жыл бұрын

Why everyone keep saying this

It’s amazing how significant his role was in the American Revolution and how little mentioned it at all in school

@epicjorjorsnake2525

3 жыл бұрын

@Kroi Albanoi How is it propaganada?

@Spartan265

3 жыл бұрын

@@epicjorjorsnake2525 Well if you study history and American history in particular it's pretty clear what they teach in school is basically propaganda. It's taught to always make America look good etc etc.

@jagerbombasstic

3 жыл бұрын

Speak for yourself I was taught about him and how important his and French intervention was to the revolution. Just because of your personal experience doesn’t mean every school is like that in America. Also you probably just didn’t listen.

@jagerbombasstic

3 жыл бұрын

@Kroi Albanoi yeah no... the Americans did most of the fighting the French gave supplies and knowledge of war to the Americans. It took years till the French actually sent troops. Which mostly consisted of its navy. Which was instrumental in winning the revolution especially Yorktown. But to say France was doing the work for them is so utterly ignorant it’s laughable. So you fight the extreme notion of America did everything with another extreme America did nothing when the truth is in between... are you not doing the exact thing you are commenting against? Twisting the truth to fit your narrative? I guess nuance is dead and you have to pick between radicals

@paulrouth5997

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on how long ago you went to school (about how little mentioned). I don't think Civics is taught anymore either.

I first learned about the Marquis' American tour in the 1800s when I stumbled across a faded stone embedded in the wooden retaining wall of a parking lot in my hometown and crudely engraved with a commemorative inscription from 1825.

I want to say I think this is one of the best of Biographics. Also, in light of the political climate of disillusion and frustration in the US, I think this is a particularly relevant person to highlight. I know plenty of people who are so done with electoral politics and have given up on the idea that any improvement or reform can come from the madness. But I think that highlight Lafayette's life, his tireless actions, and his devotion to his personal ideology can make a difference. Obviously he was a man with flaws and no individual in history (or alive today) should be blindly venerated and lauded as a savior, but it is still good to know that there were people like Lafayette who aren't afraid to act and there are definitely still those kinds of people today.

Family reference: My Great-Great-Grandmother was so enamored by Lafayette's history, that she named her one and only son: "General (his first name) Lafayette (middle name) Buchanan". Everyone just called him, Fayette.

When KY was first formed as a state there was a party, with lots of drinking, at the Capitol to celebrate Marquis de Lafayette coming to visit. John Brown's, KY first Senator, wife Margaretta Brown did not approve of drinking, due to religion, and stayed home in protest with some of her friends. A few of the friends decided an opportunity to meet Marquis de Lafayette was to important to pass up and left to go to the party in hopes of seeing him. Five mins after they left Marquis de Lafayette showed up at the door to meet John Brown because he had so much respect for him. He had snuck out of his own party in order to pay the family a visit. Margaretta smugly wrote about this event in her diary, because she thought it was funny her friend's missed meeting him because they buckled on their values. Apparently, he stayed for hours to talk to the group over tea. He didn't go back to his party.

Growing up in New Hampshire, there are lakes/mountains/streets named Lafayette. You can see Mt. Lafayette on your way up to the top of Mount Washington

Lafayette was and will always be a legendary patriot.

@jeb1413

2 жыл бұрын

A French patriot or an American patriot ?

@revolutionarygentleman8105

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeb1413 both

@jeb1413

2 жыл бұрын

@@revolutionarygentleman8105 ok

Can you do another American Revolution hero and father of the United States Navy, John Paul Jones? His career is the epitome of the term "fact is stranger than fiction." When he was outmanned and outgunned by the Royal Navy, his first impulse was to attack the British home waters!

No mention of James Armistead Lafayette? That’s one of my favorite parts of this story. Sadly Wiki and most other sources barely skim over this subject, but it’s amazing and inspirational.

How this man doesn t have a bio tv series about his life I'll never know

A Turtle approved this hero of two worlds.

@imouse3246

3 жыл бұрын

And so does iMouse.

@kingping7979

3 жыл бұрын

No one cares if a turtle approves this your just a sub bot

I grew up in LaFayette, Georgia in the USA... so I've always been pretty interested in the Marquis.

Now that you’ve done on the well known LaFayette, you HAVE to do one on the soldier who sits in his park across from the White House: Tadeusz Kościuszko. That guy was pretty amazing, too.

*"It must be nice It must be nice To have the Hamilton Fans see this"*

@girlbossgatekeep4821

3 жыл бұрын

😏😏😏

@rakiahbaker5589

3 жыл бұрын

^_^

@jeblyn_5891

3 жыл бұрын

I came as soon as I heard

@Jerryberry_

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeblyn_5891 all the way from London damn

America remembers our shared son and champion of true liberty. May his memory never be forgotten.

"Squarespace, so easy a French King could use it..."

@frogpalpeeper4249

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO

Sometimes I wish we had watched Biographics videos instead of having history classes. This was very interesting!

Is it any wonder that Lt. Colonel Charles E. Stanton, while visiting LaFayette's tomb in Paris with General Pershing on July 4, 1917, made the classic statement, "LaFayette, we are here!"? C'était un grand homme. Stay safe, everyone.

Napoleon: Crowns himself first consul Lafayette: "Oh my god he is actually an idiot."

To Simon, the quote "All that evil needs to succeed is that good men do nothing" was said by Edmund Burke(who was Irish by the way).

I had a greek chorus continuously shouting 'Lafeyette!'

Watched hundreds of your videos but this one was legit inspiring

Thank you. This video is one of my very favorite episodes on your channel.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I’ve been waiting months for this bio on Lafayette!

Outstanding Simon. What an outstanding story. Keep em coming please. Great work.

Loved this one. Thanks, Simon!

All I can think during talking about Thomas and Lafayette writing the declaration is I HELPED LAFAYETTE DRAFT A DECLARATION THEN I SAID I GOTTA GO

Thank you for your educational videos. I kinda think I know all I need to about a person/subject and then I watch one of your videos and learn how little I actually do know.

May God bless the hero of two worlds such a legendary story of courage, skill of battle and the will to care and fight with his fellow men in battle to impact history such hero shall be praised forever thank you Marques de Lafayette long live your name in the history books.

What a marvelous video !! Thank you Simon!!!

My brother, former sister in law, nieces, & nephew used to live in Lafayette, Louisiana and lots of my maternal relatives are Louisiana natives...

Simon, your videos are such a great part of my day. Every other coplue of days, I am searching for a new Biographics episode! Your videos have become a staple in my life, including your other channels as well! I have been reading "The 48 Laws of Power" and I see alot of Mr. Talleyrand, he was a hell of a diplomat, and I am sure he has a very interesting story. I, along with many others I suppose, would love to see a video on Talleyrand!! Thank you again for all of your content, you are making the lives of many of us during this quarantine quite content! (pun intended)

If you look up “French Revolution film 1989” on KZread you’ll find a 2 part movie where Sam Neil plays Lafayette. He’s great in the role and it’s a really good movie overall!

Great job, Biographics, great job! One of your best ever!

This one moved me deeply,thank you

That was absolutely your best video I've ever watched!

An excellent Biograhics with engaging narration and content-rich scripting. Well done! 🗽

I love that he treated his black friends right ! It shocked the south when he returned to U.S.A.!

An excellent video with a compelling closing statement. :)

I think it’s sad how few Americans these days know who Lafayette was. They talk about living their country, but are ignorant to the fact that without him, there may not have been a United States

Simon! This was one of your best ones yet. Sure... it was an exceptional topic, but your delivery was brilliant.

one of the best videos ive seen on this channel, and ive seen a lot of them.

What a fascinating man. Thank you for the interesting life.

I watch alot of these Biographics and this was one of my favourites! A man I didn't even know of. Thankyou for educating me

A fantastic video of one of the world's greatest heroes. We need many more, just like him, today.

one of the most thrilling of your presentations good boy Simon

Loved it! One of my favorites!

Yay America's favorite fighting Frenchman!!! ❤❤❤

Excellent video, well researched and delivered.

Thoroughly enjoyed and learned a great deal

Truly impressive that one man could accomplish so much and influence so many. Tre bien, merci boucoup Marquis

One of my favorites of all time. What a guy. And it's hard to imagine anyone being involved in so many world changing events.

That was excellent, thank you.

You are such a great story teller

I think this is my all time favorite video on this channel.