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By Richard E. Miller, June 20, 2010
Lafayette Memorial
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest at Madison Place Northwest, on the right when traveling west on Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. |
| | [north face:]
To General Lafayette and his Compatriots
1777 - 1783
[south face:] By the
Congress in commemoration of the services rendered by General Lafayette and his Compatriots during the struggle . . . — — Map (db m32245) HM |
| On Fusiliers Redoubt ramp, on the left when traveling east. |
| | On August 14, 1781, Generals Washington and Rochambeau received news that a large French fleet under the command of Admiral de Grasse was headed for the Chesapeake Bay carrying 3,000 French soldiers. There the British general, Lord Cornwallis, was . . . — — Map (db m11016) HM |
| On Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, 0.1 miles west of Mount Vernon Highway (Virginia Route 235), on the right when traveling west. |
| | On August 14, 1781, Generals Washington and Rochambeau received news that a large French fleet under the command of Admiral de Grasse was headed for the Chesapeake Bay carrying 3,000 French soldiers. There the British general, Cornwallis, was . . . — — Map (db m902) HM |
| On Monroe Turnpike (Route 111) at Moose Hill Road, on the right when traveling north on Monroe Turnpike. |
| | The
Rochambeau
Route
1781 – 82
In the Vicinity
French Troops Under
Duc De Lauzun
Enroute From Newport
To Yorktown
Encamped During
June 29 Through
July 1st 1781
Erected by The
Sons of the American Revolution
Gen. Gold . . . — — Map (db m190233) HM |
| On Old Baltimore Pike at Odell Road on Old Baltimore Pike. |
| | An important stopping place in colonial days. Mentioned by Washington, Lafayette and other noted men after the Revolution. Count de Rochambeau's troops camped here in June 1782 on the return march from the victory at Yorktown. — — Map (db m3574) HM |
May. 2, 2024