Washington-Rochambeau Route (Historical Marker)

Here follows the inscription written on this roadside historical marker:

Washington-Rochambeau Route
General Washington, in 1781, rode 60 miles in one day from Baltimore to Mount Vernon, which he had not visited for over 6 years. General Rochambeau arrived next day with his and Washington’s staff. They spent Sept. 10 and 11 at Mount Vernon before going on to Fredericksburg.

The Marking of this Route is a gift from the French Government, Committee of the Bicentennial, 1776–1976.


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More about this marker:
There is another one of these markers north of Fredericksburg and one at the Yorktown Victory Center.


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Regarding the Washington-Rochambeau Route:
In 1980 the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia specified for portions of the State Highway System between Historic Mount Vernon and the Bicentennial Victory Center in Yorktown to be known as the Washington-Rochambeau Highway and for signs to indicate the designated route.

In 2000 the United States Congress passed and the President signed the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Heritage Act for a study to mark and preserve the 600 mile route taken by the Revolutionary and French Armies from Rhode Island to victory at Yorktown in Virginia, and the French Army’s return to Boston.