Donate to Rochambeau project

#MiddleburyCT #Rochambeau #2026   By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD As we approach the 2026 celebration of the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, the Middlebury Historical Society ... Continue Reading →

MHS plans Rochambeau Monument

#Middlebury #Rochambeau By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD June is Rochambeau month in Middlebury because, on June 27, 1781, the French Army under General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte ... Continue Reading →

Somewhere in the Middle – June 2019

#Middlebury #Rochambeau By BRIDGET HENRY “On the 28th, we were very weary before we got to Breakneck. It is rightly named for the stony roads and the endless mountains intersecting ... Continue Reading →

Visit Rochambeau monument

#Middlebury #Rochambeau #Troop5 By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD June 27 is Rochambeau Day, the day we commemorate his army’s encampment on Breakneck Hill in Middlebury, and this year marks ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – Rochambeau’s Middlebury visit

#MIDDLEBURY By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Some feel there can never be too much praise in this country for the Comte de Rochambeau and the French army under his command in 1781. They played ... Continue Reading →