These selections represent but a few of the many dozens of compositions and arrangements written to honor General Lafayette on his visit to the United States in 1824-25.  At every stop, in every city, bands welcomed Lafayette, grand balls were held, and ceremony after ceremony commemorated his visit and service to our new nation.  Most of this music is unfortunately lost to us today.  What remains is generally in the form of piano sheet music, but it is clearly evident from the inscriptions that these pieces were originally performed by military brass bands.  This arrangement was carefully done in the style of the period with no modern harmonization or alteration to the original and represents, as closely as possible, the sound of the bands that Lafayette heard.  Arrangements by Jari Villanueva for small wind band.