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History Matters: Marquis de Lafayette

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published October 1, 2019 at 7:45 AM CDT
The First meeting of Washington and Lafayette, Philadelphia, Aug. 3rd, 1777
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The First meeting of Washington and Lafayette, Philadelphia, Aug. 3rd, 1777
Dr. Gary Joiner
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Dr. Gary Joiner

Airs Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Dr. Gary Joiner gives us a historic profile of the Marquis de Lafayette, whose name is embossed on the history of this nation.
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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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