Petite Exhibit: Lafayette Ladle

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s triumphal return tour of the United States that endured from July 1824 to September 1825 by viewing a rare artifact from his visit on display at the National Historic Register Wilson-Warner House. 

The museum collection contains a silver ladle that was presented to an individual as a premium, or prize in the form of money, medals or plate (silver), for the best hearth rug from the Agricultural Society of Maryland.  The exclusive part of the prize involves the presentation from the hand of General Lafayette when he visited Baltimore in December of 1824.  The society held a Cattle Show and Fair for the exhibition and sale where of all kinds of livestock, agricultural implements and domestic manufactures (carpeting, sheeting, linens, stockings, toweling) were judged.  While visiting all 24 states at the time, Lafayette traveled over 6000 miles by stagecoach, horseback, canal barge, and steamboat.

Plan to visit the museum to see what’s new and what’s familiar from prior tours.

This petite exhibit is included with general museum admission.