On Sunday, July 6, at 2 p.m., Historic Rock Ford in Lancaster, Pa., will welcome Diane Windham Shaw of Lafayette College as she presents A Sanctuary for the Rights of Mankind: Lafayette and Human Rights. The Marquis de Lafayette is best known in America for his role in the American Revolution, from his arrival in 1777 as a 19-year-old volunteer to his pivotal contributions to the successful culmination of the Yorktown Campaign in 1781. This lecture will explore Lafayettes less known remarkable role as an advocate for human rights on three continents. Diane Windham Shaw is special collections director emerita at Lafayette College, where she oversaw the activities of the Special Collections from 1985 to 2019 and served as college archivist from 1987 to 2017. She holds a Master of Librarianship degree, as well as her B.A. from Emory University, where she also spent the first years of her career as an archivist. As curator of Lafayette Colleges extensive collections on the Marquis de Lafayette, Shaw was a primary organizer of the colleges celebration of the 250th anniversary of Lafayettes birth in 2007, and as part of this celebration, she collaborated with Mount Vernon on an exhibition commemorating the friendship between Lafayette and George Washington, A Son and His Adoptive Father. In 2016-17, she served as co-curator for the exhibition A True Friend of the Cause: Lafayette and the Antislavery Movement at the Grolier Club in New York City. She has long been active with the American Friends of Lafayette and currently serves as the AFL curator. This presentation is part of the museums Lafayette Lecture Series and will be held on the first floor of the Rock Ford Barn. The area will open to guests at 1:45 p.m. Ticket includes admission to the Snyder Gallery and the 2025 Focus Exhibit 1825: Lafayette in Lancaster. The Snyder Gallery is located on the second floor of the Rock Ford Barn. The Gallery closes promptly at 4 p.m. General admission is $10. Tickets may be purchased at www.HistoricRockFord.org/special-events. Historic Rock Ford, located at 881 Rock Ford Road, Lancaster, Pa., is comprised of the General Edward Hand Mansion and the John J. Snyder, Jr. Gallery. It is owned and operated by the Rock Ford Foundation, a private, not-for-profit corporation.