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On September 20, 1780, General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the American armies during the American Colonies' revolution against Great Britain, came here with Governor Trumbull and Connecticut's patriots to greet the French armies under Rochambeau, Admiral de Tirney, de Grasse, and La Fayette. The two armies formed an alliance that would bring about an independent United States of America. This place marked the beginning of the Rochambeau Trail leading to the defeat of British General Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown.
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Hartford, Connecticut · United States
