On August 28, 1781, 5500 French troops under General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau marched on this road toward Yorktown, Virginia, after spending the previous night in Whippany, New Jersey; after passing through Morristown, they camped at Bullion’s Tavern in present-day Bernards Township, while General George Washington’s Continental Army took a slightly more southeastern route and spent the night of August 28 in nearby Chatham. The Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail follows the routes used in 1781 and 1782 by American and French forces traveling to and from the successful siege of Yorktown, where they captured the British Army under General Charles Cornwallis, who surrendered on October 19, 1781. This network of roads and water trails extends more than 700 miles through nine states and the District of Columbia, linking historic sites and communities that once hosted Revolutionary War soldiers and recalling the people who helped pave the way to victory and an independent United States.