Celebrated March

(noun)

The 680 mile march of the combined Continental Army of Washington and the French Expeditionary Force under comte de Rochambeau from Newport, Rhode Island to Virginia, ending at the decisive siege at Yorktown in 1781.

Related Terms

  • Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
  • Siege of Yorktown
  • Battle of the Chesapeake
  • Treaty of Alliance
  • rochambeau

Examples of Celebrated March in the following topics:

  • France and Spain in the Revolutionary War

    • As a result, Britain declared war on France on March 17, 1778.
    • In July 1781, Rochambeau's force left Rhode Island, marching across Connecticut to join Washington on the Hudson River at Dobbs Ferry, New York.
    • In mid-August 1781, Washington and Rochambeau led the Celebrated March of combined Franco-American forces towards Virginia and the siege of Yorktown.
  • Surrender at Yorktown

    • In August 1781, in what has since become known as the Celebrated March, the combined armies of Washington and Rochambeau departed from New York to Virginia, engaging in tactics of deception to lead the British to believe a siege of New York was planned.
  • Conclusion: The Fight for Independence

    • In response, Britain declared war on France on March 17, 1778.
    • On June 19, 1778, after six months at Valley Forge, the Continental Army marched in pursuit of the British, who were moving toward New York.
    • Washington and Rochambeau departed New York on August 19 and led 4,000 French and 3,000 American soldiers to join de Grasse in Yorktown in what has since become known as the Celebrated March.
  • Conclusion: Change in the 1960s

    • Civil rights activists engaged in sit-ins, freedom rides, and protest marches, and registered African American voters.
    • The emergence of the Chicano Movement signaled Mexican Americans’ determination to seize their political power, celebrate their cultural heritage, and demand their citizenship rights.
    • During the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (a), a huge crowd gathered on the National Mall (b) to hear the speakers.
    • Although thousands attended, many of the march’s organizers had hoped that enough people would come to Washington to shut down the city.
  • The Revolutionary Army at Valley Forge

    • Due to a shortage of supplies that left approximately one in three men without shoes, many soldiers left a trail of bloody footprints behind them during the march into town.
    • A celebration of the alliance pact was organized in Valley Forge on May 6, 1778.
    • The celebrations were observed by Washington and other military leaders and all soldiers were provided one gill of rum at the conclusion of the festivities.
    • On June 19, 1778, after six months at Valley Forge, the Continental Army marched in pursuit of Clinton's troops up towards New York.
  • The Impeachment and Trial of Johnson

    • In January 1868, the Senate acted to reinstate Stanton, a movement Johnson ignored until Grant (who did not enjoy politics and resented Johnson's exploitation of Grant's celebrity) sent the president his resignation.
    • A trial began in the Senate in March .
    • The Last speech on impeachment--Thaddeus Stevens closing the debate in the House, March 2.
    • Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1868 March 21
  • Roosevelt's Fourth Term

    • When Roosevelt returned to the United States, he addressed Congress on March 1 about the Yalta Conference, and many were shocked to see how old, thin and frail he looked.
    • In March 1945, he sent strongly worded messages to Stalin accusing him of breaking his Yalta commitments over Poland, Germany, prisoners of war and other issues.
    • On March 29, 1945, Roosevelt went to the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, to rest before his anticipated appearance at the founding conference of the United Nations.
    • Truman, who turned 61 that day, dedicated Victory in Europe Day and its celebrations to Roosevelt's memory, and kept the flags across the U.S. at half-staff for the remainder of the 30-day mourning period.
  • Georgia and South Carolina

    • Clinton moved against Charleston in 1780, blockading the harbor in March and bringing 10,000 troops to the area.
    • In early March, Clinton began constructing siege lines and commenced bombardment of the town.
    • The Continental Congress responded to the fall of Charleston by dispatching General Horatio Gates, a celebrated hero in the Battle of Saratoga, to the South with a new army.
  • The Sons of Liberty and the Committees of Correspondence

    • August 1765 celebrated the founding of the group in Boston.
    • January bore witness to a correspondence link between Boston and New York City, and by March, Providence had initiated connections with New York, New Hampshire, and Newport, Rhode Island.
    • March also marked the emergence of Sons of Liberty organizations in New Jersey, Maryland, and Norfolk, Virginia, and a local group established in North Carolina was attracting interest in South Carolina and Georgia.
  • The Flowering of Black Freedom Struggle

    • During the 1960s the black freedom struggle included the 1963 March on Washington, the 1964 Freedom Summer, and the 1965 March in Selma.
    • The march was not universally supported among civil rights activists.
    • Malcolm X also criticized the march, claiming that by allowing white people and organizations to help plan and participate in the march, civil rights leaders had diluted the original purpose of the march, which had been to show the strength and anger of black people.
    • On March 7, 1965, Hosea Williams of the SCLC and John Lewis of SNCC led a march of 600 people to walk from Selma to the state capital in Montgomery .
    • s famous speech, given during the 1963 March on Washington
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