‘Lafayette’s 1825 Alabama Tour’ book talk at Pebble Hill

Published: January 30, 2020

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The public is invited to a book talk by Lawrence Krumenaker, author of "Nine Days Traveling: Lafayette’s 1825 Alabama Tour, Today’s Historical Road Trip," on Feb. 6 at 4 p.m. at Pebble Hill. 

In 1824, President James Monroe invited the last surviving general from the Revolutionary War, the French-born Marquis de Lafayette, to return to the United States to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the revolution. Among the 24 states Lafayette visited in his year-long journey was Alabama. He spent nine days traveling from the Chattahoochee River, through the Creek Indian Nation along the Federal Road to Montgomery, then down the Alabama River by steamboat to Mobile and Gulf Coast forts at Mobile Point.

Lawrence Krumenaker is both a global and academic wanderer. Though currently a Macon County resident, he has lived and traveled in many states and numerous countries as his interests have taken him around the world. Krumenaker began his professional life as an astronomer with research in stellar spectroscopy and planetary cartography and is the discoverer of the only known microquasar. Over the past two decades, he has become a world-renowned science journalist, including being president of the International Science Writers Association. Before coming to Alabama, he was the Journalist in Residence at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies. Krumenaker has published six books, three of which are historical tourism books.

The event is free, open to the public and will be followed by refreshments. The Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities at Pebble Hill is located at 101 S. Debardeleben St. All of Dr. Krumenaker’s books will be available for purchase.

For more information on the program call, 334-844-4903 or go to www.auburn.edu/cah.

Submitted by: Maiben Beard