Saving Lafayette 's L’Hermione -- "It's Now or Never"

Saving Lafayette 's L’Hermione -- "It's Now or Never"

French maritime enthusiasts are scrambling to raise funds to save the replica of the 18th-century 32-gun frigate, L’Hermione. The Hermione-La Fayette Association says that to finance the ship’s restoration,” It’s now or never.“ The original frigate carried the Marquis de Lafayette across the Atlantic to announce France’s support for American independence from Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War.  During a dry docking in 2021, signifi…