French Army Memorial - Lebanon CT
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nomadwillie
N 41° 38.284 W 072° 12.780
18T E 732126 N 4613344
Plaque honoring the French Army who assisted the Continental Army during the US Revolution.
Waymark Code: WMVC0G
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 03/30/2017
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Marker reads;
In memory of General Rochambeau and the French troops
who came to the aid of our country during the
American Revolution, the duc de Lauzun and his
Legion who camped in Lebanon from
November 1780 to June 1781, and the citizens of
this town who aided them with provisions and shelter.
On June 10, 1781, the French Army began its march
from Newport,RI to Phillipsburg, NY, wotj
Lauzin's Legion on the left flank as they crossed Connecticut.
The French Army joined General Washington and the
Continental Army on the Hudson River on July 6, 1781. On
August 18 the combined armies march to Virginia
to attache the British at Yorktown. With the French fleet,
under Admiral De Grasse blocking Chesapeake Bay,
the allied Armies began a siege of the entrenched
British troops. General Cornwallis surrendered the
British Army to the triumphant American and French
Allies on October 19, 1781
Lighting Freedom Flame
The Washington Rochambeanu Revolutionary Route
Erected 2002 by the Town of Lebanon
Gift of Mr. Hugh Trumball Adams
Group that erected the marker: Town of Lebanon
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
856 Trumbull Hwy
Lebanon, CT
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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