Fredonia is home to a lot of firsts. But they didn’t come until after Lafayette’s visit. What did this small rural village have to offer? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Lafayette’s Farewell Tour: Fast Fredonia Frenzy,” and find out why, of all the towns and villages Lafayette visited in the Greater Western New York Region, Fredonia gets the biggest write-up in the journal describing his visit to America.
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