America's March to Yorktown (AMtY) Finish March 7 October 2006.

'America's March to Yorktown' (AMtY)
Finish March 7 October 2006

Marchers enter village of Yorkown, Virginia, Saturday, 7 October 2006.

Marchers celebtate at the base of the Yorktown Monument to Alliance and Victory.

Earlier AMytY events in Northern Virginia at:

The AMtY marchers consist of a small group that is retracing on foot, as much as possible, the historic movement of the French Army under comte de Rochambeau from Newport (RI) to join George Washington's American Army north of New York City. From there, the re enactment march retraces the overland portion of both the American and French armies in 1781 from positions near New York City to Yorktown, Virginia, as one of the essential parts of the 1781 Yorktown Campaign. Actually, after Anapolis, MD, the allied march overland comprised a wagon train and the French cavalry. The allied infantry regiments and artillery components were conveyed from Anapolis to the Yorktown area by boats. However, the entire French force did march back north in early 1782, using essentially the same campsites.

This ‘commemorative march' marks the 225th Anniversary of the historic one. It is part of a broader effort to support the establishment of a 600-mile ‘Washington - Rochambeau Revolutionary Route' [often abbreviated as ‘W3R'] as an US ‘Historic Trail – an initiative inaugurated on Dec. 16th, 2000 at Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh, NY. "This effort includes coordinating with Francophone commissions that unite French cultural groups with American veteran's organizations, historical groups, and other volunteers to provide a Nationally recognized Historical Trail that would outline a self-guided auto route, hiking trails, visitors centers, appropriate signage, and associated literature. The literature and signage will include original campsites, historical sites and other local points of interest along the route."

Further information on the commemoration of the 225th Anniversary of the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route is at

Further historical background on this event can be viewed at the following webpages:

Washington-Rochambeau Route in Virginia (September 1781).
French Wagon Train route in Virginia.
Detailed Directions on 1781 Washington-Rochambeau Route between Mount Vernon and Yorktown, Virginia.
French Army 1781-82 Winter Camps in Virginia.
French Army's March North in Virginia, 1782.
Webpage on 'Research of French 1781-82 Camps at Alexandria, VA.
Webpage on restored out-door "Washington-Rochambeau Route to Victory Displays" at Mount Vernon and Yorktown.
Webpage describing the 10-11 September 1781 Visit of Rochambeau with General Washington at Mount Vernon.
Yorktown Campaign of 1781.

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Page posted 10 October 2006.