ROCHAMBEAU, Comte Jean de: Memorial in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C. by J. J. Fernand Hamar located in James M. Goode's Pennsylvania Avenue area

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Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (July 1, 1725 – May 10, 1807) was a French aristocrat, soldier, and a Marshal of France. In 1780, Rochambeau was given the rank of Lieutenant General in command of 5,000 French troops and sent to join the American colonists under George Washington fighting Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War. He landed at Newport, Rhode Island, on July 10, but was held there inactive for a year, owing to his reluctance to abandon the French fleet blockaded by the British in Narragansett Bay. At last, in July 1781, Rochambeau's force finally left Rhode Island, marching across Connecticut to join Washington on the Hudson River at Dobbs Ferry, New York. There then followed the celebrated march of the combined forces and the siege of Yorktown. On September 22, they combined with the Marquis de Lafayette's troops and forced Cornwallis to surrender on October 19. Rochambeau's behavior has been celebrated: he had placed himself entirely under Washington's command and handled his troops as part of the Continental Army. At Yorktown, when Cornwallis' representative attempted to surrender to Rochambeau, snubbing Washington, Rochambeau's aide-de-camp directed him to Washington as the army's commander-in-chief. Source: Wikipedia

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WE HAVE BEEN CONTEMPORARIES AND FELLOW LABOURERS IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY AND WE HAVE LIVED TOGETHER AS BROTHERS SHOULD DO IN HARMONIOUS FRIENDSHIP

WASHINGTON TO ROCHAMBEAU FEBRUARY - 1 - 1784

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BY THE CONGRESS
MAY XXIV MDCCCCII

(Ed note: That's May 24, 1902
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More Info
See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 470 Item #10.19; Pennsylvania Avenue area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p379 Item #J-15)
Medium: Bronze
Artist: J. J. Fernand Hamar
Related subjects: Revolutionary War
Location: Pennsylvania Ave. & 16th St NW Washington, D.C.
See Pennsylvania Avenue areain James Goode's Washington Sculpture
Nearest Metro: McPherson Square(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000072 (dcMem ID #794 )

Links & other sources
The Names of Washington D.C.(p130)
ADC Greater Washington, DC Street Map Book (34)
Wikipedia article on Rochambeau
President's Park (White House) website
NPS.gov List of Classified Structures on Rochambeau statue

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