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Generals Washington and Rochambeau from a painting by Auguste Couder at Versailles

Coming Events 2010-08-01: Dobbs Ferry NY -- Fifth Annual Road To Freedom Walk 2010-09-13: Lafayette: The Lost Hero will premiere nationally on PBS television stations on Monday, September 13, 2010 at 10 PM Eastern Time (Check your local TV listings for the date and time in your area.) Part adventure, part romance, part historical journey, the documentary chronicles the life and legend of Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette — an intriguing, neglected, and controversial figure from both the American and French Revolutions. See further information on the documentary Click here for more details and for other W3R events scheduled for 2010: Read our E-news. A monthly newsletter An Urgent Dispatch for the General Staff was published in June 2009 to April 2010. Since then we have published reports, the latest of which is for May 2010 [PDF]. Past Events in 2010: Gala Banquet in France [photos] NY-NJ-PA Planning Workshop [photos] MA-RI-CT Planning Workshop [photos] DE-MD-DC-VA Planning Workshop [photos] W3R-US Annual Meeting [photos] Tour of Charleville and Mézières (France) [notes] W3R-DE meeting [photo] Delaware ceremony honoring military sacrifice. [photo] Rhode Island Sixth Strawberry Buscuit Tea for Gen. Rochambeau [photo] Delaware and the national Let Freedom Ring event [photo]

The March to Achieve Independence; History of Establising the W3R-NHT On July 4, 2010, Mrs. Charles G.L. de Barcza, chairman of the Board of the W3R-US, gave the keynote presentation to the Washington Campground Association. Read the text of this speech [PDF].

The Battle of Wyoming (PA) On July 3, 2020, W3R-PA member Denise Dennis gave the keynote speech at the commemoration of the 232nd anniversary of the Battle of Wyoming. On July 3, 1778, a large Loyalist force atacked and overwhelmed the garrison of a small fort at Wyoming PA. Over 200 defenders and residents in the fort were massacred and burned, including Gershom Prince. Gershom Prince was one of the many free blacks who served on the patriot side during the American Revolution. Even before the Revolution he had fought in the French and Indian War, and he carried a powder horn inscribed with his name, Crown Point (NY) and 1761. He served as a private at the Wyoming PA fort. Denise Dennis is an author and journalist and head of the Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust, which maintains the farm (in Wyoming) on which her free black ancestors settled in 1793. She is a direct descendant of Prince Perkins, who was the uncle of Gershom Prince. See the on-line report in the Times Leader at www.timesleader.com/news/Stored-up_history_06-30-2010.html

The Grandest Things is a 116-page, hardcover book that tells the story of 100 national parks using photographs and postage stamps to illustrate important places, people, and events. Robert Reyes (a Director of the W3R-US and an employee of the Postal Service "who is very passionate about the National Parks") played a key role in developing the book, which is a joint effort of the National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Postal Service. For details see the NPS Announcement

Two Brief Slideshows The Mason Neck Citizen's Association (in Virginia) has posted several slideshows (set to music) of (1) the W3R route in Virginia and (2) the everysday life of a Revolutionary War soldier. We have added links to them from our Slides page. Our thanks go to Jerry Lyons and his wife for creating the slideshows.

Battles of the American Revolution The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Canada and New England (Busca, Inc., 2010), by Norman Desmarais, covers 403 battles, raids and skirmishes of the Revolutionary War in this area. It identifies the location of the sites, provides historical background, and lists the interpretive aids there. It has links to the websites of pertinent parks and tourist organizations that post upcoming events. There are many photographs showing details of historic buildings, monuments, battlefields, and equipment. A Glossary defines 18th-century military and historical terms. This is the first volume of a projected multi-volume series that will provide a comprehensive history of the military actions in the War of American Independence. The author has compiled data for almost 3,000 engagements (several times more than in previously published lists) and documents these in ample footnotes. To view the appendices (alphabetical and chronological lists of all 3,000 engagements), the bibliography, and the color photos see the publisher’s website buscainc.com/html/guidetotheamericanrevolutionarywar.html