Newport in Newport County, Rhode Island — The American Northeast (New England)
Rochambeau
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, October 8, 2011
1. Rochambeau Marker
Inscription.
Rochambeau. .
[ Left Marker : ]. On June eighteenth, 1781, General Rochambeau left Newport with his army to join the American forces on the Hudson, and on August nineteenth, 1781, the combined armies under command of General Washington began their victorious march to Yorktown.
This tablet presented by Forsyth – Wickes, [ Right and Back Markers : ]. To Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur Count de Rochambeau Marshal of France 1725 – 1807, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army at the siege of Yorktown – October 6th, 1781
Presented to the City of Newport by Kingsley Macomber – Paris, France Dedicated July 13th, 1934 Mortimer A. Sullivan – Mayor City of Newport Willing Spencer – Chairman, Dedication Committee Rededicated on this site July 4th, 1940 Hon. Perry Belmont – Chairman.
[ Left Marker : ]
On June eighteenth, 1781, General Rochambeau left Newport with his army to join the American forces on the Hudson, and on August nineteenth, 1781, the combined armies under command of General Washington began their victorious march to Yorktown.
* * * This tablet presented by Forsyth – Wickes
[ Right & Back Markers : ]
To Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur Count de Rochambeau Marshal of France 1725 – 1807, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army at the siege of Yorktown – October 6th, 1781
Presented to the City of Newport by Kingsley Macomber – Paris, France Dedicated July 13th, 1934 Mortimer A. Sullivan – Mayor City of Newport Willing Spencer – Chairman, Dedication Committee Rededicated on this site July 4th, 1940 Hon. Perry Belmont – Chairman
Erected 1934 by Kingsley Macomber – Paris, France.
N, 71° 19.299′ W. Marker is in Newport, Rhode Island, in Newport County. Marker is on Wellington Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located at the waterfront in Kings Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Newport RI 02840, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. Monument consists of a statue of Rochambeau atop a granite pedestal.
Also see . . . Biography of Rochanbeau.(Submitted on October 9, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, October 8, 2011
2. Rochambeau Marker
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, October 8, 2011
3. Marker on Left of Monument
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4. Marker on Back of Monument
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5. Marker on Right of Monument
This marker has identical text as the one on the back of the monument.
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6. Rochambeau
Rochambeau points towards Newport Harbor, where the French fleet anchored while in Newport.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, October 8, 2011
7. Rochambeau Statue in Kings Park
The statue of General Rochambeau stands at the location where he and the French forces first arrived in America in the summer of 1780, during the American Revolution.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, October 8, 2011
8. Sculptor's Mark
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,014 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on October 9, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.