Comte de Rochambeau Statue
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Details:
In the back of the fenced off area closest to Rue Freycinet. Statue The memorial is a bronze statue of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, known by most simply as Rochambeau. Rochambeau was a French nobleman and general who helped General Washington fight the British during the American Revolution. The statue depicts Rochambeau pointing with his right hand and holding a paper in his left; he is standing on top of a church bell.
The base of the statue is made of concrete and contains inscriptions on each side of it, including a quote from George Washington thanking Rochambeau for his invaluable help during the American Revolution.
Rochambeau is greatly respected and appreciated for his service in helping the U.S. gain its freedom from the British. This memorial is a testament to that profound appreciation for our great French ally.
Monument Text:
(front)
A JEAN BAPTISTE DONATIEN DE VIMEUR
COMTE DE ROCHAMBEAU
MARECHAL DE FRANCE
NÉ ET MORT A ROCHAMBEAU LOIR & CHER
1725-1807
(right side)
COMMANDANT L'ARMÉE FRANÇAISE
A LA PRISE DE YORKTOWN 19 OCTOBRE 1781
GUERRE DE L'INDEPENDENCE AMERICAINE
1775-1782
(back)
Aux secours genereux de votre Nation et à
la bravoure de ses troupes doit étre attribuée,
dans un grand degre, cette independence
pour laquelle nous avons combattu et qu apres
un conflit sevère de plus de sept annees, nous avons obtenue.
WASHINGTON À ROCHAMBEAU
quartier général de NEWBURGH
10 MAI 1783
(left side)
CE MONUMENT A ÉTÉ ÉRIGÉ
PAR SOUSCRIPTION FRANCO-AMERICAINE
SOUS LES AUSPICES DE LA
SOCIETE AMICALE DU LOIR ET CHER A PARIS
English Translation:
(front)
TO JEAN BAPTISTE DONATIEN DE VIMEUR
COMTE DE ROCHAMBEAU
MARSHALL OF FRANCE
BORN AND DIED IN ROCHAMBEAU LOIR & CHER
(right side)
COMMANDER OF THE FRENCH ARMY
TAKING YORKTOWN OCTOBER 19, 1781
AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
1775-1782
(back)
The generous help of your Nation and
the bravery of his troops should be attributed,
in a large degree, to the independence
for which we fought and that after
seven years of severe conflict, we have obtained.
WASHINGTON at ROCHAMBEAU
headquarters of NEWBURGH
MAY 10, 1783
(left side)
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED
BY FRANCO-AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTION
SPONSORED BY THE
FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF LOIR-ET-CHER IN PARIS
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