THE LAFAYETTE ELM 



while on his way to meet Washington, and 

 at a later date the elm was named for the 

 famous Frenchman. 



When the repubhc was firmly estabhshed, 

 and Lafayette honored it with an extended 

 visit, he stopped for a brief time in Ware 

 and was entertained at the Old Tavern 

 House. ^ Among those who met him at that 

 time was Mrs. Cynthia Loomis, a hfe-Iong 

 resident of the town, who recalls that, when 

 he took her hand, he said to her and her 

 companions, "I rejoice to see you, my chil- 

 dren, enjoying the liberty for which we 



fought." - 



Where Hitchcock's block now stands. 

 Chase, "Hist, of Ware," p. 120. 



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