A barrel with 250 liters of Hennessy cognac is delivered to a charity auction during the gala dinner held in honor of the French navy frigate L’Hermione at Mount Vernon, Virginia, the U.S., on Tuesday. A replica of the L’Hermione, which brought General Lafayette to America to rally rebels fighting Britain in the U.S. war of independence, arrived in the United States, 235 years after the original. SD-Agencies