Lafayette’s Encampment
March – April 1781
During the Revolutionary War, 1200 Continental Light Infantrymen under the command of Marquis de Lafayette encamped on the rise behind this sign en route to the decisive battle in Yorktown, Va. They arrived in Annapolis from Head of Elk by a flotilla of Maryland ships under the command of Commodore James Nicholson.
Marker is on 6th Street 0.2 miles south of Compromise Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
