Evelene Stevenson and her 9-year-old grandson, Ezra Leonard, both from Beaufort, dance together in the Arsenal Courtyard during the "Dancing with Lafayette" event, presented by the Beaufort History Museum, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. The event was part of the Lafayette Bicentennial Celebration of the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to Beaufort during his Farewell Tour of the Nation in March 1825. Amber Hewitt/The Island News

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