Public Events and Commemorations 
for the W3R during 2012

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1778-02-06 -- History of the U.S.-French Treaty of Amity and Commerce and Treaty of Alliance
After months of negotiations in Paris representatives of the King of France and of the United States signed these two treaties. When news of the signing reached the Valley Forge camp of the Continental Army in early May, 1778, General George Washington issued the following General Order:
It having pleased the Almighty Ruler of the universe to defend the course of the United States, and finally raise up a powerful friend among the princes of the earth, to establish our Liberty and Independence upon a lasting foundation, it becomes us to set apart a day for gratefully acknowledging the Divine goodness, and celebrating the important event which we owe to His Divine interposition.

2012-03-03 (Saturday) Merritt Island FL: The 229th anniversary of the Last Naval Battle of the American Revolution (in 1783) will be commemorated with a parade of marching units, a speaker, and the presentation of commemorative wreaths. This will be at a new location, the Brevard Veterans Center, at 400 South Sykes Parkway, Merritt Island FL. The Center has a museum dedicated to veterans of all U.S. wars, with a huge centerpiece celebrating the American Revolution. The event is organized by the Brevard Chapter of the Florida Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
Further details will be posted about a month before the event.


March 30, 2012, is the Third Anniversary of the


Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route


as a National Historic Trail.


2012-04-14 (Saturday) : Princeton NJ: Eighth Annual Meeting of the W3R-US
Annual Membership Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting at the Nassau Club. Details will be sent to members before the event.

2012-05-12 (Saturday): Commemoration of the 1781 Siege and Battle of Pensacola, Florida. The ceremony will take place at 9:00 AM at Fort George in downtown Pensacola
Further details will be posted about a month before the event.
History of the Siege and Battle of Pensacola, Florida :
Spanish Field Marshall Bernardo de Galvez commanded a force of several Spanish regiments and a French brigade. This siege and battle took place over a period of nine weeks. The climactic moment came on May 8, 1781, when Spanish fire blew up the powder magazine in the Queen's Redoubt The victory allowed thousands of French troops to join the troops with Admiral de Grasse's fleet. In September this fleet sailed to the Chesapeake Bay, and in October these troops participated in the siege and surrender of the British forces defending the fortified complex of Yorktown and Gloucester, Virginia.

2012-06-05 to 06: National Trails Day is an opportunity to hold a public "fresh-air" event along or near the W3R-NHT:
  • Take a Scout group on a hike along a safe-to-walk section of the trail or a nearby rural road.

  • Organize a group bike ride from one French campsite to the next and back (round trip 28 miles or 47 km).

  • Hire a small tour boat to follow the water route from Trenton to Philadelphia, Philadelphia to Wilmington, Elkton to Annapolis, or other segments along the way to Jamestown VA.

  • Have a family picnic in a park near the route and discuss how your picnic differs from the lunch stops experienced by French and U.S. soldiers as they marched south in the summer of 1781 -- both in terms of the food, the sanitation, and the reasons for being here for lunch rather than at home.

2012-06-10 (Sunday) 3:00 - 5:00 PM at the Hale-Byrnes House in Christiana DE
The public is cordially Invited to attend a presentation by Dobbs Ferry author Richard Borkow's on his new book, George Washington's Westchester Gamble: The Encampment on the Hudson and the Trapping of Cornwallis. Books will be on hand for sale and autographing Well-behaved children always welcomed. Cost: $5 at the door; includes coffee & dessert. Sponsored by American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware and the W3R of Delaware (W3R-DE)
[*] Hale-Byrnes House site [*] Map to get there

2012-07-04 to 05 (Friday and Saturday) Pensacola FL: The Sons of the American Revolution will dedicate a monument to the veterans of all wars at the site of the Siege and Battle of Pensacola.
Further details will be posted several months before the event.

2012-10-18 (Thursday): Yorktown VA: Fall Board Meeting of the W3R-US Further details will be posted about a month before the meeting.


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October 19, 2012, is the 231st Anniversary of the


Surrender of the British at Yorktown to


Generals Washington and Rochambeau.


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