Historian · Geographer · Speaker

Julien P. Icher

Founder & President
The Lafayette Trail, Inc.

Exploring Lafayette’s life and legacy, on both sides of the Atlantic.

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01 / About Julien

A life between
two continents.

History, public engagement, and Lafayette’s enduring legacy.

The Lafayette Trail

Julien Icher is a French historian and geographer based in the United States. He is the founder and president of The Lafayette Trail, a nonprofit organization promoting greater understanding of Lafayette’s legacy. He hosts Follow The Frenchmen, a YouTube series exploring Lafayette’s time in the United States, and narrated a documentary, Lafayette: A Hero’s Return, produced by a PBS affiliate in upstate New York. He frequently speaks on Lafayette and related topics. Like Lafayette, Icher’s life and work span two continents. He currently resides in Bethesda, Maryland.

More information on The Lafayette Trail is available at www.thelafayettetrail.org. Its activities include speaking engagements, lobbying government officials to enhance awareness of Lafayette, and collaborative efforts with local groups and governments to place historical markers commemorating Lafayette’s travels in the United States. The Lafayette Trail also maintains a presence on social media, including Facebook, X, and Instagram.

Icher speaks regularly about Lafayette to groups across the eastern United States. Over the past year, he has held approximately thirty events, speaking at museums, libraries, historical societies, and other venues in more than a dozen states.

02 / Speaking history

Past appearances

Conversations about Lafayette at museums, libraries, historical societies, and beyond.

2026

5 appearances

  • October 9, 2026

    121. Wesleyan University Middletown, CT

  • September 19, 2026

    Historic Summerseat of Bucks County, PA Morrisville, PA

  • August 1, 2026

    Embassy of France in the United States Washington, DC

  • May 12, 2026

    Wakefield-Scearce Galleries Shelbyville, KY

  • April 29, 2026

    Maury Loontjens Memorial Library Narragansett, RI

  • March 21, 2026

    Southern Conference on Language Teaching Raleigh, NC

2025

28 appearances

  • November 6, 2025

    Cayuga Museum of History and Art Carriage House Theater, Auburn, NY

  • October 2, 2025

    West Virginia Foreign Language Teachers' Association Lewisburg, WV

  • August 22, 2025

    Middlesex County Historical Society Middletown, CT

  • June 26, 2025

    Maine Historical Society Portland, ME

  • June 8, 2025

    Fiske Free Public Library Claremont, NH

  • June 8, 2025

    Skaneateles Masonic Lodge Skaneateles, NY

  • June 7, 2025

    Erie Canal Museum Syracuse, NY

  • May 31, 2025

    Cincinnati-Lafayette Lodge #483 Cincinnati, OH

  • May 27, 2025

    Centre Francophone de Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA

  • May 20, 2025

    Spring Grove Cemetery Cincinnati, OH

  • May 19, 2025

    Lafayette's Tour Bicentennial Evening Dinner Cincinnati, OH

  • May 18, 2025

    Betsy Mills Club Marietta, OH

  • May 17, 2025

    Kentucky Historical Society Frankfort, KY

  • May 14, 2025

    Liberty Hall Historic Site Frankfort, KY

  • May 13, 2025

    Shelby County, KY, Historical Society Shelbyville, KY

  • May 10, 2025

    Frankfort Heritage Week, Paul Sawyer Public Library Frankfort, KY

  • May 3, 2025

    Masonic Center, Scottish Rite Spring Reunion Cincinnati, OH

  • April 26, 2025

    Missouri Society Sons of the American Revolution Annual Convention St. Charles, MO

  • April 6, 2025

    Perdue Hill-Claiborne Foundation Perdue Hill, AL

  • April 5, 2025

    Old Cahawba Archaeological Park Orrville, AL

  • April 4, 2025

    Water Avenue & Washington Street Selma, AL

  • March 29, 2025

    Natchez Convention Center Evening Gala Natchez, MS

  • March 29, 2025

    Natchez Convention Center @ noon Natchez, MS

  • March 27, 2025

    American Splendor American Cruise Lines x2

  • March 27, 2025

    American Splendor American Cruise Lines

  • March 13, 2025

    Louisiana Society Daughters of the American Revolution Annual State Conference Lafayette, LA

  • February 23, 2025

    St Patrick's Episcopal Church Washington, DC

  • January 30, 2025

    Lafayette 89 Kensington, MD

2024

16 appearances

  • December 14, 2024

    Friends of the Cabildo New Orleans, LA

  • October 5, 2024

    Kentucky Gateway Museum Center Maysville, KY

  • September 25, 2024

    Wheeling, WV, Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Wheeling, WV

  • September 22, 2024

    Boston Tea Party Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Boston, MA

  • September 21, 2024

    New Jersey State Society Daughters of the American Revolution Autumn Meeting Monroe Township, NJ

  • August 18, 2024

    The Kate Old Saybrook, CT

  • August 16, 2024

    U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Hamilton Brooklyn, NY

  • August 6, 2024

    France and America: Friends and Allies Then and Now, DACOR Bacon House, Washington, DC

  • May 23, 2024

    Central Rappahannock Regional Library Fredericksburg Branch Fredericksburg, VA

  • May 9, 2024

    General James Robertson Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Nashville, TN

  • April 19, 2024

    North Carolina State Society Daughters of the American Revolution Keynote Speaking Program Raleigh, NC

  • April 19, 2024

    North Carolina State Society Daughters of the American Revolution Morning Workshop Raleigh, NC

  • April 13, 2024

    Missouri State Society Daughters of the American Revolution St. Louis, MO

  • April 10, 2024

    Louisiana Society Daughters of the American Revolution St. Bernard Parish Courthouse, Chalmette, LA

  • March 18, 2024

    John Alexander Chapter, NSDAR Lee-Fendall House Museum & Garden

  • February 6, 2024

    Valley Forge Park Alliance Montgomery County, PA

2023

11 appearances

  • October 16, 2023

    The Alexandria Association Alexandria, VA

  • October 5, 2023

    The State of Greater Western New York Rochester, NY

  • September 23, 2023

    Shelby County, KY Historical Society Shelbyville, KY

  • September 15, 2023

    Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution Fall meeting, Southbridge, MA

  • May 3, 2023

    The Alliance Française de Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH

  • April 30, 2023

    The Alliance Française de Louisville Louisville, KY

  • April 29, 2023

    National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Kentucky Bourbon & Browns, Frankfort, KY

  • April 28, 2023

    Illinois State Organization Daughters of the American Revolution State Conference, Bloomington, IL

  • April 19, 2023

    Edgar Allan Poe Museum Richmond, VA

  • March 25, 2023

    Kentucky Society Daughters of the American Revolution State Conference, Lexington, KY

  • March 8, 2023

    Canary Islands Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge, LA

2022

12 appearances

  • November 19, 2022

    Kentucky Historical Society Frankfort, Kentucky

  • October 21, 2022

    Washington Smith's Ordinary Somerton, Virginia

  • June 23, 2022

    Onondaga Public Library Syracuse, NY

  • June 18, 2022

    Pennsylvania Daughters of the American Revolution Uniontown, PA

  • May 16, 2022

    National Society Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge Louisville, KY

  • May 15, 2022

    Great Crossing Baptist Church Georgetown, KY

  • May 13, 2022

    National Society Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Kentucky Frankfort, KY

  • April 23, 2022

    Illinois State Organization Daughters of the American Revolution State Conference, Bloomington, IL

  • April 2, 2022

    Comte de Grasse Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Yorktown, VA

  • March 25, 2022

    Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution State Conference, Richmond, VA

  • March, 2022

    Alabama Daughters of the American Revolution State Conference, Auburn, AL

  • January 20, 2022

    A Conversation with General David Petraeus Online

2021

8 appearances

  • December 3, 2021

    National Society Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia Alexandria, VA

  • October 13, 2021

    DC Society of the National Society Colonial Dames of America Dumbarton House, Washington, D.C.

  • September 23, 2021

    New York State Society Daughters of the American Revolution State Conference, Syracuse, NY

  • July 30, 2021

    Mississippi State Society Daughters of the American Revolution State Conference, online

  • July 10, 2021

    History Camp Online

  • June 10, 2021

    Osher Lifelong Learning Institute - North Carolina State University Online

  • May 14, 2021

    The Masonic Connection Online

  • April 23, 2021

    Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution Online

2020

9 appearances

  • December 17, 2020

    UNC's Carolina Public Humanities & North Carolina Humanities Online

  • November 7, 2020

    Maine Daughters of the American Revolution State Conference, online

  • November 6, 2020

    Havre de Grace, Maryland Lafayette Trail event

  • October 16, 2020

    Lafayette House Cheraw, SC

  • September 9, 2020

    Branford, CT Historical Society Online

  • August 24, 2020

    Norwich, CT Historical Society Online

  • June, 2020

    New York State Luncheon Continental Congress, NSDAR

  • March 1, 2020

    Lafayette Society Fayetteville, NC

  • February 24, 2020

    U.S.State Department- Foreign Service Institute Arlington, VA

2019

16 appearances

  • June 7, 2019

    American Friends of Lafayette Savannah, GA

  • June 2, 2019

    Andrew Jackson's Hermitage Hermitage, TN

  • May 22, 2019

    New England Historic Genealogical Society Boston, MA

  • May 20, 2019

    Representatives Hall Concord, NH

  • May 19, 2019

    Boston Athenaeum Boston, MA

  • April 25, 2019

    Dartmouth College Hanover, NH

  • April 23, 2019

    Plainfield, NH Elementary School Plainfield, NH

  • April 7, 2019

    Embassy of France Washington, D.C.

  • March 29, 2019

    Kentucky Daughters of the American Revolution State Conference, Lexington, KY

  • March 13, 2019

    French Foreign Trade Advisors (CCEF) - New England Chapter Boston, MA

  • February 16, 2019

    John Stark Society Children of the American Revolution Manchester, NH

  • February 4, 2019

    Richards DAR House Museum Mobile, AL

  • January 16, 2019

    College of Charleston Charleston, SC

  • January 8, 2019

    Lafayette Society Fayetteville, NC

  • January 6, 2019

    North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati Raleigh, NC

  • January 2, 2019

    Yorktown Friends of Lafayette Yorktown, VA

2018

5 appearances

  • November 23, 2018

    Plainfield Historical Society Plainfield, NH

  • October 11, 2018

    American Association of University Women Murrysville, PA

  • October 1, 2018

    Masonic Lodge #1 Lexington, KY

  • September 31, 2018

    Gov. Isaac Shelby Chapter, KY Sons of the American Revolution Louisville, KY

  • September 1, 2018

    American Friends of Lafayette Sturbridge, MA

2017

10 appearances

  • October 19, 2017

    American Revolution Museum at Yorktown Yorktown, VA

  • July 20, 2017

    Partner’s Village Store Westport, MA

  • July 15, 2017

    New Hampshire Historical Society Concord, NH

  • July 5, 2017

    John Carter Brown Library Brown University, Providence, RI

  • June 26, 2017

    Department of Conservation and Recreation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Boston, MA

  • June 21, 2017

    Personal residence of the French Consul General Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA

  • June 26, 2017

    Lafayette College Easton, PA

  • June 12, 2017

    Charlton Historical Society Rider Tavern, Charlton, MA

  • May 20, 2017

    Dassault Systèmes Headquarters Waltham, MA

  • May 19, 2017

    Massachusetts Lafayette Day Boston, MA
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03 / Get in touch

Let’s start a conversation.

Questions about the book, speaking engagements, interviews, or bulk orders? I’d love to hear from you.

julien@thelafayettetrail.org

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