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Symposium to commemorate the bicentennial of the death of the Count of Rochambeau, Marshal of France.

6-9 September 2007

With the participation of the French chapters of the Society of the Cincinnati and of the Sons of the American Revolution, the French Committee of the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route and the Historic Services Division of the Ministry of Defense.

Jean Marie Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

To commemorate the bicentennial of the death of Jean Baptiste de Vimeur, the Count of Rochambeau (1725-1807), the Archaeological Society of Vendôme, will organize a symposium to take place from Friday through Sunday, September 6-9, in the city of Vendôme.

Jean Baptiste de Vimeur, born in 1725 in Vendôme, distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession and in the Battle of Minorca at the outbreak of the Seven Years' War. He commanded the French Forces sent to assist General Washington during the American Revolution and played a significant role alongside Washington in the decisive victory at Yorktown in October, 1781.

In 1791, he became the last Marshal of France under the Ancien Régime. He died in his home, the Château of Rochambeau, on May 10, 1807.

The family chateau is situated in the village of Rochambeau, close to the city of Vendôme, and is still today the property of the Rochambeau family.
Rochambeau is well known to the people of the Vendôme area and his statue can be found in Saint Martin Square in the center of the old part of
Vendôme.

Program :

puceA round of conferences with simultaneous translation from Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning. Speakers from France, the United States, England and Spain. A total of fifteen conferences: two each morning and three each afternoon.

puceFilm projections on Friday afternoon at the cinema "Le Ronsard" of extracts from various films about the American Revolutionary War.

puceExhibition of rare and unedited documents: late Saturday afternoon at the Château of Rochambeau.

puceA grand 18th century dinner: Saturday evening at the Château of Rochambeau.

puceConcert Sunday afternoon: American tunes from the Revolutionary War period.