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 Generals Highway (Maryland Route 178) 0.3 miles south of Sunrise Beach Road, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
