VIDEO: Washington, Rochambeau Present Trail
On the 230th anniversary of General Washington and General Rochambeau’s pivotal visit to Mount Vernon after they dispatched their forces toward Yorktown, the estate held a commemorative program.
On Sunday Revolutionary troops camped at Mount Vernon and did drills, Martha Washington came out and chatted in all her finery, a painting commemorating the two generals’ meeting was unveiled, and Washington and Rochambeau gave speeches.
Most importantly, officials announced the new Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route, a 250-mile historical trail that stretches from Newport, R.I., to Virginia. The trail marks the route that U.S. and French allied troops took in the summer of 1781 as they marched from Newport, R.I., to the battle of Yorktown. As we know it hindsight, it was a route to victory.
