Alliance Exhibit: (Chair: John Welsh)
Work with affiliates and the NPS to explore the artifacts available,
determine a theme, secure funding, and design and construct an exhibit in a room or
as a traveling exhibit. Several possible themes are political aid, financial aid,
military stores and clothing, naval efforts around the globe, recommending trained
European officers for positions in the U.S. army, and French troops operating on U.S. soil.
Atlantic Committee (Chair: Nicole Yancey)
In 2007 September the W3R-US established an Atlantic Committee
to provide accurate historic information and to develop heritage tourism resources
related to the naval component of French participation in the American Revolution.
--- battles, rosters, commemorations, maps and history of cruises.
--- Develop signage and other ways to reach / teach heritage tourists.
--- Support work on and help develop use of replica vessels.
 Andrew Doria
-- the ship that, while flying the flag of the U.S. (the Grand Unon flag at this time, 1776 Nov 16),
received the first cannon-salute in a foreign port (Dutch-owned St. Eustatius).
L'Hermione
-- the ship on which Lafayette returned to the U.S. in April 1780 after helping
negotiate the dispatch of a second military force (that of General Rochambeau)
to fight alongside U.S. forces.
As reports are prepared they will be posted on the W3R-US Web site under
Allied Battles Worldwide
Commercial Tourism: (Not yet established)
Do a pilot effort with an existing heritage tour operator
for a multi-state tour with an on-board docent. Also pilot working with a local tour guide
to develop stops and talks and activities that the guide could use with one-car (or bus) tours.
Resources:
Exploritas (formerly Elderhostel)
Education: (Not yet established)
Develop educational modules on several topics for various grade-levels.
Events: (Not yet established)
Monitor the events sponsored by W3R chapters and affiliates.
Develop a resource base of successful presentations (and speakers
/ re-enactors) and events and recommend and share these with chapters or affiliates.
Resources: Event Report Form [MS Excel file]
Grants: (not yet established)
-- Collect proposals for projects from chapters and committees.
Blank Project Proposal [DOC]
Sample Project Proposal [PDF]
-- Identify prospective sources of financial (or other) assistance.
Contact the prospective sponsor and provide information that will help
the staff understand what the W3R is and how their support would
meet their funding criteria and advance the development of the W3R.
It may help to give them a "This is the W3R" packet, containing the following items:
A letter annnouncing designation as an NHT [not yet posted]
You are invited to explore the W3R (trifold brochure)
the map cited in the designation legislation (full network)
a high resolution map of the W3R in your state (RI shown here)
"March to Victory": Washington, Rochambeau,
and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781, by Robert A. Selig [52 page PDF]
-- Work with the appropriate W3R-US committee or officers
to develop proposals that fit the grant sponsor's criteria.
-- Obtain the form from the grant sponsor and fill it out.
-- Keep the W3R-US Board informed of progress and get
W3R Board approval before submitting a grant proposal to the prospective sponsor.
Map Refinement (Chair: James Raleigh)
Develop a procedure for volunteers to enter GPS and descriptive text
into a database using StreetAtlas®, GoogleEarth®, or a standardized format,
then convert the information into KML (for GoogleMap®) format
for distribution and display on free map sites
[such as the present W3R material on Google Earth®, showing the French march
through Massachusetts and D'Estaing's cruise of 1778-79].
See Draft state maps for a primary W3R tour in KML format.
We might also use a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) format, which
accommodates text, graphics, and links to Web-hosted audio and video files.
GIS Resources:
ESRI [vendor site]
Newsletter: (Editor: Ralph Nelson)
Develop, edit, post, and distribute by Email the URL link to a monthly
publication posted on our Web site. Use this to provide regular group communications
about the activities, plans, and people engaged in developing the W3R.
Resources: Guidelines for Contributions [PDF]
Signage: (Chair: Ralph Nelson)
Interpretive and Wayfinding Markers --
Maintain and distribute recommended format for signage;
help the local group doing the sign find authors, reviewers, designers, and fabricators;
suggest sources of funding and restrictions or criteria for installation;
update marker database (external wbsite) with W3R signs;
work with the Map Refinement Committee to build their database.
- W3R-US (or affiliate)-funded signage will follow
W3R-US standards, use the W3R-US logo, and will be written, designed,
fabricated, and installed by or through contracts from W3R-US (or affiliate)
Resources: W3R-US standards
- State-funded signage will follow state standards, use the state-designated logo,
and will be written, designed, fabricated, and installed by the state.
- NPS-funded signage will follow NPS standards,
use the W3R-NPS logo (not yet designed),
and will be written, designed, fabricated, and installed by
or through contracts from NPS staff.
Trail Guidesheets: Auto / Bike / Walk / Canoe: (Chair: Ralph Nelson)
Recommend routes that are best suited to heritage tourism
and write detailed guides to follow those routes (in the standard format
for that mode of travel), with a historcal writeup, map,
and a directory of local support services (food, lodging, repairs, medical).
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