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Lafayette Radio Electronics Corporation was an American radio and electronics manufacturer and retailer from approximately 1931 to 1981, headquartered in Syosset, New York, a Long Island suburb of New York City.
Lafayette started out as a shop called “Wholesale Radio Service” in the early 1920s. Founded by Abraham Pletman in New York City, they supplied radios and electrical components to early hobbyists. They started selling “Lafayette” branded radios in July 1931.
- Electronics Retailer
- 1931
- 1981
- Lafayette Radio Electronics
- He Was Raised in The Lap of Luxury
- He Was A Rebel with A Cause
- He Made General While Still A Teenager
- He Hoped to End Slavery in America
- He Fought For Revolution at Home
- He Faced The Guillotine
- He Was Courted by Napoleon
- He Returned to America
- His Legacy Has Been Largely Forgotten
Lafayette began life as an unlikely revolutionary. A multi-millionaire at the age of 11, he grew up in the court at Versailles and learned to ride with three future kings: Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X. Lafayette even met King George IIIwhile visiting a relative who was French ambassador to Great Britain.
Married at 16, the dashing young officer cadet was captivated by the news of the growing rebellion in America. Unwilling to wait for his country to join the widening war in the New World, Lafayette travelled there himself to fight as a volunteer. Lafayette claimed he bought the vessel that was to carry him to the New World, La Victoire, but new fac...
Lafayette had never set foot on a battlefield before sailing to America. Weeks before his 20th birthday, he presented himself to George Washington and volunteered to serve the rebellion without pay. He was made a major general and within days was leading troops at the Battle of Brandywine. He later commanded Continental troops in Virginia and bottl...
Lafayette became like a son to Washington. Despite their close relationship, the young Frenchman was unable to persuade America’s future first president to allow slaves to earn their freedom. He did however end up creating a refuge for 120 blacks in torrid French Guiana.
Back in France, Lafayette became the founder of the Paris National Guard. He opposed absolutism and championed the concept of a constitutional monarchy. At 32, he wrote the 1789Declaration of the Rights of Man,which, for the first time, spelled out freedoms for French citizens. He also campaigned to include persecuted Protestants and Jews into civi...
Despite his egalitarian zeal, Lafayette was no radical. He was elected four times as a liberal member of the French National Assembly. Once in office, he railed against the militants that unleashed the Reign of Terror. Denounced as a traitor by Robespierre, the 35-year-old general was forced to flee the country in 1792. Arrested and imprisoned by t...
He was no friend of Napoleon. Although the young Bonaparte negotiated for Lafayette’s release from Austria in hopes of enlisting the noted statesman’s political support none was forthcoming. Lafayette soon became a political opponent of the French first-consul-turned-emperor. After escaping exile on Elbain 1814, Napoleon called on Lafayette to serv...
In 1824, President James Monroeinvited Lafayette to return to the United States as an honoured guest. As the last surviving general of the American Revolution, the aging hero visited all 24 states during his triumphal tour of the U.S. Lafayette was hailed everywhere.
Lafayette was the first foreigner to address both houses of Congress in 1825. His portrait has hung in the House of Representatives ever since. He was made an honorary American citizen, and some 600 places across the U.S. reference his name or that of La Grange, his turreted chateau 30 miles southeast of Paris. Yet today, few people even know who L...
Incorporation is a process in which a separate legal entity, owned by its shareholders, is formed. Incorporation creates formal ownership shares, which produces a taxation and legal distance between the company and the shareholders.
The company's origins date to 1895, when Albert Kahn rented a shop in Paris at the corner of Chaussée-d'Antin and rue Lafayette to sell gloves, ribbons, veils, and other goods. The shop was small, but sales were good. It was eventually enlarged, and in 1898 Kahn was joined by his cousin, 34-year-old Théophile Bader.
Lafayette was founded in 1888 by Mary E. (Foote) Miller. She filed the original Town of Lafayette plat in January 1888 [15] and sold the first residential lot – Lot 6, Block G, Town of Lafayette – in March 1888 to Hugh Hughes. [16] In February 1889, the Town of Lafayette was incorporated. [17]
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Jan 1, 2014 · See Answer. Question: 2 pts Question 10 Lafayette, Inc. was incorporated on January 1, 2014. Lafayette issued 5,000 shares of common stock and 700 shares of preferred stock on that date. The preferred stock is cumulative, $100 par, with an 10% dividend rate. Lafayette has not paid any dividends yet.
