there's a lafayette watch chain and a lafayette hat. a lafayette this and a lafayette that. but i wanted something as lasting as life and took to myself a lafayette wife. at first glance, one might hear this poem as something quite silly, equating his marriage to a simple lafayette souvenir. but halliwell's mention of souvenirs in this poem is something a bit more than just a convenient rhyme. from august of 1824 to september of 1825 and beyond. no american was spared from lafayette fever when when i began my research, the souvenirs produced in the wake of lafayette's tour immediately came to the forefront. if you wanted something, anything with lafayette's face on it in the early 19th century, chances are you could get it. there were ribbons, which many of us in the crowd are wearing tonight. pottery plates, smoking pipes, gloves, snuff boxes, and even lafayette watch chains and lafayette hats. as hallowell mentioned. you name it. lafayette's face w probably slapped on it and sold even in the years following lafayette's national tour. these items continued to be advertised

we have more lafayette college people than lafayette here.this is a little pamphlet that they published that has stand summary. he says lafayette regularly devoted his energies and later years to efforts to enhance constitutional government. he constantly campaigned for freedom of the press. he struggled for expansion of voting rights and fought against the reentered doctrine of hereditary nobility. and then he goes on to talk about lafayette's role in national movements for national liberation. the new lafayette. and finally, in the 21st century, stan passed away and 2013. i want to point to the way in which contemporary writers have looked for a more power assertive view of lafayette, stressing his integrity, his personal character, his support for an independent judiciary. his commitment to democracy. his opposition to authoritarian ism. his support for independent women. and especially his hostility for slavery. this is a book that was published about four or five years ago, a true friend of the cause, lafayette and the anti-slavery movem

to lafayette.she'd been married in new york and she said, the only person i know who can help me is somebody who knows american law and has high friends in high places. she writes him a letter and said, can you help me get a divorce? i mean, here's a man, the hero of two worlds, and he a letter from maria malloch-brown. great opera singer, and lafayette responds and he says, going to do what i can. this is in of 1830, during very height of the struggle of the revolution of 1830. he's in correspond with a young woman about how to get divorce from a creepy husband. i mean, lafayette's a busy man and. he supports them throughout lives. she gets involved with another guy, charles berio. by the way, she, at age 28, thrown from a horse she was like a rock star. she's like, i don't know, jimi hendrix or jim morrison. she didn't live a long life. she was a risk taker, a daredevil. so here's she wrote to lafayette. this is one of my favorite letters. november the 27th, 1830. if you know, lafayette's activit

lafayette was indicating he owed us more and lafayette delivered.d states, lafayette reminded americans our first doctrine as a new countr indicate all people were created equal. he did so with action, by hugging men of color in public and meeting native americans on his tour sympathizing with their situation and treating women as intellectual equals for everyone to witness. lafayette reminded americans that though they had accomplished a great deal there was more work to be done. if lafayette were here today i am sure he would be proud of our accomplishments, but he would still remind us we must continue to live up to the values which formed our country. thank you for being here. take time to learn more about the bicentennial at lafayette200 .org. viva lafayette. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen mr. mark schneider, historian and nation builder at the colonial williamsburg foundation. [applause] >> [speaking french" illustrious members of congress. my dear friends. please allow me an introduction. today, i believe you know me for a in america. --

george washington, lafayette, my son. if you doubt my allegiance to the great man born in 79 and the youngest being marie antoinette to the aborigine born in 1784. upon the conclusion of the war, yes, it was quite. but ladies, i fear. this is where i'm going to lose you. because though my wife was aware that i wanted to participate in the war here in america. i did not exactly tell her when i would going north or how long i would be going. and of course, i was gone for too long years. but no doubt all of you ladies would be as supportive of your husbands if. they disappeared for two years. that's rhetorical of course, yes. but indeed she remained steadfast and loyal throughout her life. indeed. thank for bringing her to everyone's attention on the whole. when you first came to america, what were your initial impressions like? when i first came to america, my first sighting was actually in south carolina. it was the plantation of benjamin sugar or ugi, the way they pronounce that they had in south carolina a true and arden

it's a very central part of lafayette. the marquee lights up our downtown when illuminated, and it's always been a place of community. >> and now the theater needs the community's help to keep its renovation project on track. an anonymous family is donating a dollar for dollar match up to $25,000, but only between now and new year's eve. >> when they realize that their $5 all of a sudden becomes ten, or their $50 becomes 100, and it goes towards this, you know, really significant, once in a lifetime effort to bring a project like this to the east bay. >> the theater went dark in 2005, around the time when multiplex cinemas were opening up in nearby cities. then came the pandemic, which again changed viewing habits. >> the theater's actually who survived and did well. were these smaller community theaters that offered that could pivot away from just showing movies, but in fact could bring in local performing artists or speakers, as well as show, you know, classic movies or whatever they could get their hands on. >> one goal

lafayette will soon have a new police chief. ktvu tori gaines was at tonight's sendoff for the outgoing chief and a look at the goals his successor has for the city. >> it's a new era for the lafayette police department. police chief ben aldridge, who has headed the department for seven years, is stepping down. >> this has been an opportunity of a lifetime. we have a great community, a lot of community spirit. we have a community that wants to be involved with public safety. >> chief aldridge leaves behind a lasting legacy after he led the police department through some of the toughest times for a chief. >> seeing him go. it's sad, but at the same time, we have a new incoming chief that ben supports that who's shadowing ben this week and will, you know, get his wisdom. >> lieutenant james williams was selected to be the next chief after interviews with the city manager as well as panels with the city department heads and community members. he beat out three other candidates for the role in the affluent east bay city. lafayette h

it's a new era for the lafayette police department.aldridge, who has headed the department for seven years, is stepping down. >> this has been an opportunity of a lifetime. we have a great community, a lot of community spirit. we have a community that wants to be involved with public safety, be involved in decisions. are being made throughout the city, really. >> chief aldridge leaves behind a lasting legacy after he led the police department through some of the toughest times for a chief. >> seeing him go. it's sad, but at the same time we have a new incoming chief that ben supports that who's shadowing ben this week and will, you know, get his wisdom. and jamie is, i think, the right chief now for us. >> lieutenant james williams was selected to be the next chief after interviews with the city manager, as well as panels with the city department heads and community members. he beat out three other candidates for the role in the affluent east bay city. lafayette has a tiny but mighty force, only employing 17 officers at a time. but wit

it was a key figure in the movement and a leading member of the popular front of lafayette, a political group committed to latvian independence. she's now a member of the european parliament. it's not the same cotton. no, i think i remember exactly when i had my personal awakening for you folks, or it was the 14th of june, 1987 when the helsinki, 86 movement called on people to leave flowers by the freedom monumental spinning and remembrance of the large scale deportations on the 14th of june, 1941 was real or not the, but i didn't have the courage to do it just by 3 of my grand parents, subsequently dying, my parents being deported. and i myself being born in their symbols on fish, dogs, and it was then that i experienced a profound change. i've got the cool products and in the wake of the hitler style impact, also known as the muller top ribbon, trop packed the soviet union, occupied latvia in 1940 and deported tens of thousands of innocent people to siberia. several 1000 kilometers east. taken away from their homeland and in many cases, their very lives taken away the will to be the

untold suffering to ukraine and has had an indirect impact on the russian speaking minority and lafayette. about the just got the from the, the 24th of february 2022 minutes above old, deep disappointments thing with the cult of the courageous russian people. in the bravery i associated with my russian roots, they promised us that phone guy had, has, i hope, now being destroyed for as long as a law. and i just assumed that as an option at the below. oh boy, now which is good when i had to recognize that the coverage i had believed in was just an illusion. after a long period of being a reflection, i concluded that i am left scene of russian to send to the post. the letter shows a couple of ways because then you use the most of a pro sent me you never gave any thought to who i was until i got older and realize there was a late fee and majority society, which russian speak is like me, will not console if you will, shift a lot to the store. yeah, it was coming within, came the doubts about my identity program. i russian, should i go to russia? that's for am i actually live in? yeah, that's w

n. nato member lafayette, $1.00 and $4.00 have russian roots, the invasion, reawakened old fears and prejudices, as well as growing hostility towards ethnic russians associated with the former soviet occupiers. the following. it's annexation of latvia in the 1940s, the soviet union encouraged russian migration in order to speed up industrialization in the country. lat, via re gained independence in 1991. but relations between the russians, speaking minority and loudly and majority have been increasingly strange. the spanish slobs grew up in a typical soviet era, housing and states. the russian invasion has brought untold suffering to ukraine and has had an indirect impact on the russian speaking minority in lafayette. about the for the, the 24th of february 2022 minutes above old, deep disappointments thing with the cult of the courageous russian people. in the bravery i associated with my russian routes, they cut off the rest of that bond i had has i hope now being destroyed for as long as a law. not just the thing that i've ever seen about at the below. oh boy now, but it's not goo

and yet scott was one of the co founders of the popular front of lafayette alongside. so i'm going to call you to and one of its most active members, even of the media email, dupel dot the, in the kremlin parliamentarians from lithuania launch via estonia, fortunately demanded that the mother, tough ribbon, trump packed and secret protocols declared no and void, said yet you will bring it to the stage, reminds practically paced away for the independence of the baltic. states who affords mason must have both these gifts useful recompense. set the best buy's fish on the 4th of may. 1990 is a very special day in my life and my new and i think for a lot of other lesbians to auto sawgrass mills. and there was this wave of joy and happiness on the streets of a political hill. it was why we adopted our declaration of independence declared. i'll say yes soon what you will and nobody i was on the barricade all night. very good. there never where i went. i could hear a lot of people speaking russian booth the there were widespread fears that moscow might respond to the declarati

that's who the reno was born and bred in lafayette. her mother, a 2nd world war veteran move to lab, be after the war in search of a better life. there. many russian speakers have fond memories of when latvia was part of the soviet union until its sudden collapse changed everything. no coverage given us to what was it like in 1991 and you know, yeah, for me i remember when that it said independence. the now i'm show the most we knew it was happening in this. it was a fact. so was not much you can say shows that i'm ready. so this is so nothing changed. life remained the same. so you look up when you put mean nothing changed. of course things changed. i lost my job because my university was close down in 91 . no, not really yes. right off to independence. maybe some so it's a pretty my was finishing up with a very serious couple me in life. and the soviet era was very good, even of the but then came the ninety's when everything was turned upside down you, you weren't moved up of the can be, i don't know, they've been moments when we did

a landslide closed down part of the lafayette-moraga regional trail several years ago. now it's back open for people to enjoy. abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez attended a reopening celebration this morning. >> this trail was dedicated in 1976 and it means so much to the community. one person at today's event says this trail connects people with nature. this morning, an event to celebrate the reopening of the lafayette-moraga regional trail in moraga. local leaders are speaking about the project, which was a partnership between east bay regional park district, east bay municipal utility district and the town of moraga. the trail section has been closed since 2016 because of a landslide. the project included stabilizing the slope and reconstructing the trail. one woman who lives near the trail tells me it would have been nice for it to open sooner, but she's just glad it's finally open. >> moraga lafayette trail. having grown up here, it's always been the space that we connect, you know? we just keep on going through. the moraga lafayette bike trail is beautiful and am

in lafayette, we want to just go through, but i know from the the 24th of february 2022 means above all, deep disappointments. thing with the cult of the courageous russian people. in the bravery i associated with my russian routes, they put on the rest of that fall and i had, has i hope now being destroyed for handling a lot. and i'm just missing that as an ocean at the gl. uh, more than an hour, which is good when i had to recognize that the coverage i had believed in was just an illusion. after a long period of being a reflection, i concluded that i am left the end of russian to send to the post the let the shortest couple of days, cuz then you use the default of a pro. some you never gave any thought to who i was until i got older and realize there was a late fee and majority society, which russian speak is like may will not console just for a lot to be. so yeah, it was cuz i went in, came the doubts about my identity of approval and my russian. should i go to russia at the boy? am i actually live in? yeah, that's what i see. perhaps a russian speaking land fee in minneapolis can go

enista smith looked around her lafayette community. what she saw were plenty of empty storefronts, plenty of people with much to give, and plenty of people who could use some help. she decided to put all three of those things together with wonderful results. it goes like older kids. over the years, maya and mr. smith has spent a lot of time doing charitable work and then coats men's clothes, but never, maya says, has she done so much work in such a short amount of time with such meaningful results? this is the best thing i've ever done. this store is the best thing i've ever done. after my marriage and my children, this has been the most meaningful experience of my life. the store is the lamorinda care collective. it's a pop up boutique in lafayette where everything is free, donated to help those in need this holiday season. it has all been put together in less than two months because, well, that's when maya first had the idea. november 6th to be exact. i woke up at like 4 a.m. the morning after the election, and i was like, i have an

that's dublin's also 35 lafayette 38. but there's going to be some cold temps to the east today because of that east northeast. and it is due east oakland due east at napa airport northeast fairfield and also concord. believe it or not, there is a frost advisory to the north. i don't think inland valleys are participating, not with the fog, but maybe it will be close. but that will take us through about 9:00 this morning. mostly sunny today. it's a dry pattern, but boy, it sure looks like big changes are brewing and they're on the way starting thursday, high and dry for 14 days, but it looks like rain thursday morning, saturday and again monday in the saturday system is beginning to look oh so impressive. one thing i've noticed in this young season forecast models are really late to pick up on something, but once they do, they it just really just goes all of a sudden from nothing to something in about 24 to 48 hours. i mean, look at that. i mean, you might see over three inches of rain in santa rosa. so again, here we go.

so you reach fort we are not in what is today west lafayette, indiana. and again, what happens when you get to the forts you fire your artillery in order to let the native americans know you're here as native americans are coming in, you have the red coated british infantry firing at marks, trying to again displayed that power. this is a recreation in a sort of digital recreation of perhaps what what fort you ought not look like during the french and indian war period, the revolutionary war period, a lot of these are these small frontier posts. it's kind of ambitious to call them forts. i mean, you might think of fort pitt or fort niagara, these large stone fortification stations, these are more like like trading posts, you know, a maintained stockade, a perhaps a blockhouse, but certainly not a fort that's going to intimate eight or overall the local native american population who really still has a lot of the manpower and real power in the upper country at this point, having gotten to west lafayette, you start to get a little bit of intelligence if you

ita very central part of lafayette. the marquee lights up our downtown when illuminated, and it's always been a place of community. >> and now the theater needs the community's help to keep its renovation project on track. an anonymous family is donating a dollar for dollar match up to $25,000, but only between now and new year's eve, when they realize that their $5 all of a sudden becomes ten, or their $50 becomes 100. >> and it goes towards this, you know, really significant, once in a lifetime effort to bring a project like this to the east bay. >> the theater went dark in 2005, around the time when multiplex cinemas were opening up in nearby cities. then came the pandemic, which again changed viewing habits. >> the theater's actually who survived and did well. were these smaller community theaters that offered that could pivot away from just showing movies, but in fact could bring in local performing artists or speakers as well as show, you know, classic movies or whatever they could get their hands on. >> one goal

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now, the whole story we get is a lafayette. and the french came here and fought with our our soldiers in spain, stayed out of the because somehow, you know, they were cowards or something, you know, they didn't want to fight, but they were sending this aid. we already know that. and they were you know, you look at if look at this is a poker game in a way, when france finally decided to get into the war, to physically fight, they did it before. spain, which then you know, created a bias of our our interpretation of of their involvement in aid, in our in our independence in france. this idea that they're going to capture the british out outside of new york, in whole thing failed. and then the french right away know that they're in trouble. and it's in the documents, you know, version the minister of state this king, you know pray, sire that spain joins us or we are lost which actually what does that france can't defeat the british themselves or with our founding fathers are going to lose the war and independence isn't going to ha

he opened his lafayette location just yesterday looks like it's a hit. still ahead, the oakland roots are taking steps to make a permanent home in oakland. we're going to see what their post soccer stadium is going to look like. >> plus, state leaders addressing the fear and uncertainty over president-elect trump's promise of mass deportations. and after the break, we get a closer look at a college program that's preparing future teachers for a career future teachers for a career in education. it is inevitable. chloe! hey dad. they will grow up. [cheering] silly face, ready? discover who they are. [playing music] what they want from this world. and how they will make it better. and while parenting has changed, how much you care has not. that's why instagram is introducing teen accounts. automatic protections for who can contact them and the content they can see. ♪♪ >> former oakland city councilmember loren taylor is preparing to run for mayor. he released a statement following the city council's decision to cut funding for first responders. he went on x

lafayette has 17 sworn officers. the city says violent crime has dropped by nearly 40% over the past decade. >> time now 709. starting off with the east bay. this time we have fog that steve and i have been talking about along highway four and parts of contra costa county, and that has, i think, added to the slowing on highway four. it was backed up into antioch. it's improving a little bit now. when you see 280 in san jose, it's getting a little busier there. and the south bay commute is beginning to get a little bit more crowded. i can put the grid up here and traffic is slow, especially on highway 85 on the peninsula. we're okay, except for that one spot. we've been talking about all morning, and that is northbound 101, right at 380. there are several lanes are closed for the investigation of a deadly crash. the best thing for you to do would be to use 280 instead as an alternate. it doesn't seem to be having a major effect on southbound 101, heading down to san bruno at 710. let's go back to the desk. >> sal. tha

lafayette park theater on golden gate way is a mainstay of the downtown layout and a push for help fromommunity. one family agreed to match any donation to the theater's renovation project of up to $25,000, but the offer only stands until the new year, so the countdown is on for more funds. >> when they realize that their $5 all of a sudden becomes ten, or their $50 becomes 100, and it goes towards this, you know, really significant, once in a lifetime effort to bring a project like this to the east bay. >> the place hasn't been used for movies since 2005, but a renovation could preserve the architecture and allow it to be used for live music, weddings and even youth programing. >> well, today is the last friday of the year, and that means in just a few days we enter into a whole new year 2025. and that means a bunch of new laws and policies are going into effect. hundreds of new california laws start january the 1st. abc seven news anchor karina nova takes us through some of them. >> artificial intelligence is becoming a bigger part of our lives, but not all of it in a positive way. se

an anonymous family is helping lafayette save a piece of east bay history.afayette park theater on golden gate way is a mainstay of the downtown layout and a push for help from the community. one family agreed to match any donations to the theater's renovation project of up to $25,000, but the offer only stands until the new year, so the countdown is on for more funds. >> when they realize that their $5 all of a sudden becomes ten, or their $50 becomes 100, and it goes towards this, you know, really significant, once in a lifetime effort to bring a project like this to the east bay. >> the place hasn't been used for movies since 2005, but a renovation could preserve the architecture and allow it to be used for live music, weddings and even youth programing. >> in just a few hours, the nonprofit habitat for humanity will be hosting a free furniture friday in oakland. the hope is to clear out some of the warehouse to make room for some new donations. abc seven news reporter lena howland joining us live in studio this morning. and, lena, you got to tour the war

there's nothing special about lafayette. anybody everywhere can do it. >> melanie woodrow, abc seven news. >> such a nice thing she's doing all right. christmas deals are one thing, but, you know, you can't beat the price of free. coming up, we're going to give you a sneak peek so you can prepare to take advantage of an opportunity coming tomorrow. >> and next to our community is stepping up to save a local icon. the p looking for a moisturizer that does more than just moisturize? try olay regenerist for 10 benefits in every jar. olay visibly firms, lifts, and smooths wrinkles, by penetrating the skin, to boost regeneration at the surface cellular level. try olay. ♪ vicks vapostick provides soothing non-medicated vicks vapors. easy to apply for the whole family. vicks vapostick. and try new vaposhower max for steamy vicks vapors. my moderate to severe crohn's symptoms kept me out of the picture. now i have skyrizi. ♪ i've got places to go and i'm feeling free. ♪ ♪ control of my crohn's means everything to me. ♪ ♪ control is

. >>> well, popular oakland barbecue spot is now open in lafayette. and chef matt horn opens his new location on horn barbecue on mount diablo boulevard. a long line of customers waiting to try his food in west oakland with smoke briskets, rib, tritip. he tells us he is grateful to see people come and support him. >> my love is the love of barbecue. being able to come to the community of lafayette and do something awesome. people are here early, trying to get some help in the community. they've been coming by every single day, wondering where they are showing them a lot of love, and i'm grateful for the support that they would have. >> if you remember after a devastating fire last year, horn reopened the restaurant and a new location in downtown oakland. he also has a fried chicken joint called cal bird. >>> well, the public defenders office has filed an excessive force complaint against the police department. and they're accusing officers of going overboard while arresting a woman near protest. they show some of what happened near a gaza protest. thi

. >>> a beloved barbecue joint in the east bay is now expanded to lafayette.gry customers today. a long line of people outside the restaurant, just waiting to be seated. chef matt horn made his mark with smoked brisket, ribs, and tritip. yum. >> and the community of lafayette have been coming by every single day, wondering if we're open, showing up a lot of love. i'm just grateful for the support we have. >> after a devastating tire, horn reopened the restaurant at a new location downtown oakland. he also has a fried chicken joint as well. awe, good to see you. all right, thanks for watching. news at 8:00 continues on pix+. we'll see you right back here at 11:00. tritip sounds good, right guys? yeah. >>>>this is the 40 niners

. >> lafayette bart station keeping busy tuesday evening with many bart riders heading home. that daily commute will soon cost extra starting january. 1st, bart is raising its fair by 5.5%. an average increase of $0.25 per trip. i'm not very happy with edgar more is on. says he sets aside a specific amount of money for bart fares to get home to antioch and with higher prices for almost everything. the upcoming fare hike is extra stress. it's it's hard to get around because it's so far and i have we rely on bart. >> so having the fares and fees is huge to me, especially since use frequently how very likely to be using in the future as well. it just makes a very unreliable in terms of some commuters like veronica castro during tell us as they don't mind the fare increase. i would rather not sit in traffic. >> and rather be on and get home quickly to my family. so i'm okay with >> it's not something that we like to bart spokesperson james allison says the fare hike is necessary to keep up with inflation. we need to do it to continue offering services. obviously everything. >> co

this year, she teamed up with a local realtor and began operating out of an empty storefront in lafayette. >> i invited the community in lamorinda to give, and i was blown away by the response. it's been the best thing i've ever done in my life. >> you can hear her enthusiasm. the storefront opened december 7th. even though the holiday season is coming to a close, the lamorinda care collection collective isn't. with all the support they've gotten, smith will keep it open as long as she can, welcoming in families across lafayette, moraga and orinda. very nice. all right. a familiar face, a donald foil, stopped by macy's union square. windows of adoptable dogs and cats. the appearance is part of the warriors season of giving campaign. o'donnell met some of the pets looking for forever homes, and learned more about the work the spca does for animals in san francisco. if you want to check out the display and meet the sweet cats and dogs available, the holiday window will be at macy's until new year's eve. and look at o'donnell, who is the nicest man you ever want to meet. trying to help dogs