The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail (the Route) was created in March 2009 when President Barack Obama signed into law Public Law 111-11, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, making it the youngest of the 19 National Historic Trails (NHTs) in the NPS system.
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Robert A. Selig is a historical consultant with a PhD in history from the Universität Würzburg in Germany and has served as project historian for the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route since 1997.
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France’s support in America’s struggle for independence was crucial in achieving victory at Yorktown. The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail celebrates that victory and the Franco-American friendship that has endured until today. The trail is a 680 mile-long series of roads used by the Continental Army under the command of George Washington and the Expédition Particulière under the command of Jean-Baptiste de Rochambeau during their 1781 march from Newport, Rhode Island to Yorktown, Virginia.
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