Rochambeau Route 1781-82

In 1781 and 1782 Jean Baptiste Count de Rochambeau and his French Troops marched by here enroute to and from Yorktown, Va.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street North (U.S. 6) and Dublin Hill Road, on the left when ...

Washington – Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

Washington – Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

Hartford

French General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and thousands of French ground and naval forces arrived in Newport in July of 1780 to assist the Americans in the War for Independence. ...

Washington – Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

Southington

French General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and thousands of French ground and vaval forces arrived in Newport in July of 1780 to assist to assist the Americans in the War for Independence. After wintering in ...

Rochambeau

Rochambeau

Lieut. General

Commanding

The Auxiliary French Armies

Under

Washington

July 10, 1780     Jan 11, 1783

Rochambeau's letter to Congress

"We are your brothers. We shall

conduct ourselves as such with you.

We shall fight against our enemies

The First Meeting of Washington and Rochambeau

This tablet commemorates the historic first meeting of General George Washington and General Comte de Rochambeau, commander-in-chief of the French army in America, which took place September 20, 1780.

On that occasion and in a subsequent meeting the following May, ...

Rochambeau Route 1781-82

Rochambeau

Route

1781-82

In This Vicinity

French Troops Under

Rochambeau

Entoute From Yorktown

Encamped During October 1782

Erected By The State

And

Farmington Historical

Society

Cooperating

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Connecticut Route 10) and Hatters Lane, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.

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General Comte Jean de Rochambeau Memorial

[front, south face:]

Rochambeau

[back, north face:]

"We have been contemporaries

and

fellow labourers

in the cause

of liberty,

and we have lived

together

as brothers should do,

in harmonious friendship,"

Washington to Rochambeau

February 1, 1784

By the ...

Count de Rochambeau’s

Count de Rochambeau’s troops marched over this road from Spurrier’s Tavern to “Scott’s Plantation” (Belvoir) on Sept. 16, 1781 on the way to Yorktown. Washington and Rochambeau had gone ahead Sept. 10–11 on the way to Mt. Vernon.

Marker is on ...

The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

On this site French Troops under Le Comte De Rochambeau encamped August 29, 1781 en route to meeting Gen. George Washington and achieving their victory at Yorktown, American independence was assured there in Virginia by the defeat and surrender of ...

Count de Rochambeau’s Troops

Crossed the Susquehanna River in five divisions and made their 23rd camp here at the end of August 1782 on the return from Yorktown victory to the north.

Marker is on Main Street 2 miles west of River Road.

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