The National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association will gather in Delaware Saturday for the first time, holding its annual meeting at the Kalmar Nyckel Foundationās Copeland Maritime Center. The event will include a tour of the Kalmar Nyckel, Delawareās tall ship. Vincent de Kytspotter, a brigadier general and head of the French Permanent Defense Mission for the UN will attend the …
Man biking along 1781 route of French soldiers to stop in Wilmington
A Connecticut man is traveling nearly 700 miles by bicycle and kayak to retrace the routes of George Washington and Franceās Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau during the Revolutionary War.Ā Sal Lilienthal is a history buff, author, and owner of Bicycle Tour Co. in Kent, Connecticut.Ā His voyage will bring him through northern Delaware Sunday, Aug. 22. Before …