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July 15, 2023
The friendship between America and France stretches to before our nation's founding. On July 3, 2023, Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro, hosted a ship naming celebration for the future USS Lafayette in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette and his service during the American Revolution. Taking place on the grounds of Mount Vernon, French Ambassador and Madame Bili also made remarks.