The Marquis de Lafayette--Hero of Two Worlds
Apr 17, 2025
Jan Smulcer
The Marquis de Lafayette--Hero of Two Worlds

Jan Smulcer is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Values through History, an educational nonprofit in Houston, Texas. She has a background in historical research and writing, business management, curriculum development,and graphic design, multi-media productions, restoration, and historic preservation.  She is the c0-author of " Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route and the Franco-American Alliance 2018" and ¨ Essential Allies 2024."  Her associations include the American Friends of Lafayette, American Society of the French Legion of Honor. the NSCDA Colonial Dames. the Daughters of the American Revolution. the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. and the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association.  A graduate of the University Houston in Liberal Arts Studies,she ahs has a certification from Rice University in Leadership Excellence for Non-Profits. 2004She will be speaking on Lafayette.

Ms. Smulcer will present a brief, fast-moving account of the remarkable life of the Marquis de Lafayette and his unending devotion and contributions to the United States of America.  2025 is the 200th anniversary of Lafayette's return to America, and he is being celebrated this year in towns and cities across our country.