Why the American Revolution Brought Liberty — And the French Revolution a Reign of Terror

“Oath of La Fayette at the Fête de la Fédération,” Unknown, ca. 1790-91, Musée Carvavalet, Paris

COMMENTARY: The experiences of Lafayette and other veterans of the American War of Independence reveal why many came to see the French Revolution as the opposite of the freedom they had defended across the Atlantic.

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