From left: Dr. Danny Smith, Gadsby’s Tavern Museum Society member; Mayor Allison Silberberg; Nancy Kegan Smith, president of Gadsby’s Tavern Museum Society; Michael Halbert as Marquis de Lafayette; and Kay Zerwick, secretary of Gadsby’s Tavern Museum Society and chair of the Springtime in Paris Ball. Photo by Vernon Miles.
For the first time since 1824, the Marquis de Lafayette was back in Alexandria. The French military commander, instrumental in the American Revolution, as portrayed by Michael Halbert, joined with members of the Gadsby’s Tavern Museum Society to accept a proclamation from the City and advertise its Springtime in Paris Ball to raise funds to benefit the museum.