The Last Adieu tartan often placed in windows to

often placed in windows to welcome travelers during Christmas—a gesture of goodwill still celebrated today

The design of the plaster ceiling features farm tools in each of the four quadrants--a pick and shovel

or beside a favorite reading chair

The pattern is based on an original piece displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Last Adieu tartan often placed in windows toThe Last Adieu recounts the summer of 1824, when the aging Marquis de Lafayette returned to America for the first time in forty years. Once a young general in the Revolution, he now found a vastly changed nationtwenty four states strong, thriving yet divided, and facing new political storms. Welcomed as the Nations Guest, Lafayette embarked on a thirteen month tour, traveling thousands of miles to every state, greeted by parades, banquets, and crowds