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SUMMARY:13th Annual Lafayette Birthday Celebration
DESCRIPTION:The world is much different this year\, but we will still be celebrating our city’s namesake on his birthday! Join us for these virtual and in-person CDC compliant events! \nThursday\, September 3\n7pm— Arts Council’s Hay Street Live with a “French Twist” \nIn honor of Lafayette\, the good folks at the Arts Council will welcome Dr. Gail Morfesis and Friends to entertain you with music from French composers. Have a virtual front-row seat for performances by professional musicians like Bella Venti\, Alina Cherkasova\, and The Amazing Thiriots in the Capitol Room in Downtown Fayetteville! Be sure to tune in for the music AND a surprise French guest!\nView on Facebook Live: TheArtsCouncil FAY or on www.youtube.com/ArtsCouncilFAYNC or connect via www.lafayettesociety.org/events \nThursday\, September 10 \n2pm—FTCC Hosts Lecture on Lafayette and the Antislavery Movement \nFayetteville Technical Community College will host Diane Shaw\, Special Collections Archivist at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania\, and curator of their extensive Lafayette Collection of letters and artifacts for 30 years. A recognized authority on Lafayette’s life and times\, Ms. Shaw has written many articles about the French hero of the American Revolution and his opposition to slavery and support of equal rights for all. Ms. Shaw will share valuable lessons from 200 years ago from one of the few heroes of history whose actions were guided unfailingly by compassion and respect for the dignity of his fellow human beings.\nView live or after the event at www.youtube.com/user/faytechcc\nor connect via www.lafayettesociety.org/events \nSaturday\, September 12\n11am-5pm – Lafayette Birthday Sidewalk Sale \nShop owners in Historic Downtown Fayetteville will hold an old-fashioned sidewalk sale on Saturday\, September 12 from 11am to 5pm in honor of Lafayette’s birthday. Enjoy COVID-safe\nshopping outside — or come inside with your mask while following social distancing guidelines. \nFREE birthday cake and ice cream with purchase while it lasts from 1pm to 5pm!! Just drop by 222\nHay Street after shopping! Cake and ice cream are both pre-packaged at the manufacturer for\nsafety. \nSeptember and Beyond!!\nAnytime am or pm – Lafayette Trail Video Clips \nApparently\, our favorite Frenchman has been doing some time traveling\, because he was spotted recently at some of the sites in Fayetteville that he visited on March 4 and 5\, 1825\, nearly 200 years ago. Some members of the Lafayette Society caught up with Lafayette to ask him about that visit and his impressions of modern-day Fayetteville. Tune in for these exclusive interviews and learn about the Lafayette Trail\, which you will surely want to put on your to-do list after this coronavirus is gone and life gets back to normal!\nLook for them on www.lafayettesociety.org/events
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