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Showing the plinth more clearly:
Lafeyette
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert, Marquis de Lafayette
Soldier statesman patriot mason citizen of France citizen of United States
[freemason symbol]
A tower of strength to the American Revolution
Text on the side reads:
Presented to the
Louisiana State museum
by the
Grand Lodge
of the
State of Louisiana
Free & Accepted Masons
L.V. Noles,
Grand MasterIn commemoration
of the visit of
Brother Lafayette
to the Grand Lodge,
April 14, 1825 [?]
and his stay in
the Cabildo [?]
Shown in the museum in New Orleans, photographed with permission.