{"id":87365,"date":"2025-05-23T09:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T09:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=87365"},"modified":"2025-05-23T02:28:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T02:28:55","slug":"lafayette-frances-forgotten-hero-americas-beloved-patriot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/lafayette-frances-forgotten-hero-americas-beloved-patriot\/","title":{"rendered":"Lafayette: France\u2019s forgotten hero, America\u2019s beloved patriot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k55HovWukdiBLOD6jHI\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p><\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In France, the name Lafayette is well known, but the man behind it \u2013 Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette \u2013 often fades into the background of the country\u2019s rich historical tapestry. In the United States, however, the Marquis de Lafayette is remembered as a national hero. His legacy is honoured in museums, schools, and public monuments, largely because of his pivotal role \u2013alongside France \u2013 in helping the American colonies secure independence from Britain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1539],"tags":[1624,37197,403],"class_list":["post-87365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-america","tag-forgotten-hero","tag-france","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}