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Charles Skelton: “I am so pleased that we are able to take this resolution up today honoring the Marquis de Lafayette. Those of us who…”

On the recordMay 22, 2007
I am so pleased that we are able to take this resolution up today honoring the Marquis de Lafayette. Those of us who grew up in Lafayette County knew that there was some special meaning to the name of our county. It was Lillard County once upon a time, and after Lafayette's visit to the State of Missouri, St. Louis to be exact, the General Assembly of our State named the western county which borders Jackson County, which now encompasses Kansas City, named it after Marquis de Lafayette and called it Lafayette County. We in Lafayette County are very proud of the reason and the heritage that this county has been so named.
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Charles Skelton
Democratic · New Jersey
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Honoring the Marquis de Lafayette and the naming of Lafayette County during a resolution discussion.

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