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He was the governor of Spanish Louisiana, favored the patriots. He secretly supplied medicine, cloths, muskets, and gun powder to the Americans. When Spain entered the war against Britain in 1779, he took a more active roll. He seized British forts along the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. He also drove the British out of West Florida.
His plantation home of Mt. Vernon, VA has its own zip code ( 22121) and I guess could be called a hometown. He did not grow up in a town.
Burr Ridge, Illinois
Marquis De Lafayette was 20 years old when he joined in the fight of the American Revolutionary War. The year he teamed up with the American military was 1777.
Justice Elena Kagan joined the US Supreme Court in August 2010, and is currently the newest member. She grew up on the Upper West Side of New York City, NY.