During 1781-82, French Comte Rochambeau marched his
forces from Providence, Rhode Island to Yorktown, Virginia. These
links discuss and explore the importance of this campaign and trace
its route through New England, New York, and the Mid-Atlantic States.
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National Park Service Report: Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Study and Environmental Assessment October 2006
Expédition
Particulière was the codename given to the French expeditionary
army sent to help the American Revolution during 1780 to 1782. Its contribution
was essential to the American-French allied victory at Yorktown in September
1781.
Alliance
Day 2003 was commemorated in Paris by a series of formal
ceremonies organized by The State Society in France of the Sons of the
American Revolution (SAR) [Société des Fils de La Révolution
Américaine, Branche Française]. This site also contains
coverage of events held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Yorktown and Fort
Myer, Virginia, and Claymont, Delaware.
The
Hudson River Valley Institute commemorated the day with the
French Consulate and the Daughters and Sons of the Americans Revolution
in New York City.
The 106th Congress of the United States...(has)...enacted
into law a bill
that directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a resource study
of the 600 mile route used by the allied armies of generals George Washington
and the comte de Rochambeau in their epic march that led to the victory
at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. Below are the first two volumes of this
study.
THE
WASHINGTON - ROCHAMBEAU REVOLUTIONARY ROUTE
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, 1781-1782; An Historical And Architectural Survey;
Project Historian: ROBERT A. SELIG, Ph. D.
ROCHAMBEAU
IN CONNECTICUT: TRACING HIS JOURNEY
Project Historian: ROBERT A. SELIG, Ph. D.
ROCHAMBEAU'S CAVALRY:
LAUZUN'S LEGION IN CONNECTICUT 1780-1781
Project Historian: ROBERT A. SELIG, Ph. D.
The Washington-Rochambeau
Revolutionary Route in the State of Delaware, 1781-1783.
Project Historian: ROBERT A. SELIG, Ph. D.
The
National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association is
the umbrella organization for the trail here in the United States. They
provided information on the march through the states as well as other historic,
educational, and tourist information on the 225th anniversary of the Washington-Rochambeau
march.
The
map of the Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route, from
the Expedition Particuliere
web site. This site contains an essay discussing the strategy and route
of the campaign that is keyed to
an attached map for orientation.
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