Rochambeau Day

A commemorative ceremony featuring the Governor's Foot Guard to honor the historic meeting of Washington and Rochambeau.

Come for a ceremony featuring the First Company Governor’s Foot Guard inobservance of Rochambeau Day! commemoratesthe first meeting of American General George Washington and French GeneralJean-Baptiste de Rochambeau right here in Hartford in 1780. The alliance led to the pivotal victory atYorktown, New York where the combined forces, including the French fleet andarmy, forced the surrender of British General Cornwallis, ending the RevolutionaryWar. TheFirst Company Governor’s Foot Guard, formed in 1771, is the oldest continuouslyserving military organization in the United States with an unbroken lineage.The First Company Foot Guard was created to serve and protect the governor inhis travels between New Haven and Hartford. Stay tuned! The exact time and more details about this event to be announced!