The Revolutionary War in the Hudson River Valley- two great turning points

Two major turning points of the American Revolutionary War occurred in the Hudson River Valley--- the American victory at Saratoga (October, 1777) and the bold decision of Washington and Rochambeau to march from Westchester County, NY, to Virginia (August, 1781). Both turning points are discussed by eminent historians in this 10 part series of video interviews.
Congress recognized the great historic significance of the Washington-Rochambeau march by establishing the Washington Rochambeau National Historic Trail in 2009.
David Hackett Fischer, Pulitzer Prize winning author, and Thomas Fleming, past president of the Society of American Historians, discuss the great gamble taken by Generals Washington and Rochambeau when they decided to march the American and French armies, rapidly and with the utmost secrecy, from the Hudson River in Westchester County, NY, to the Chesapeake region of Virginia, a distance of more than 400 miles.

Their decision was made at the encampment of the allied armies in Dobbs Ferry and neighboring localities.

Mary Sudman Donovan, author of George Washington at Head Quarters, Dobbs Ferry, describes General Washingtons exceptional qualities of leadership at the 1781 encampment.
Thomas Fleming speaks about the importance of the American victory at Saratoga in 1777 and explains how it led to the French alliance, so vital to the outcome of the Revolutionary War.
David Hackett Fischer speaks about New France and the father of New France, Samuel de Champlain.
These interviews have been made possible through a grant awarded to the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society by the New York Council for the Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Education

Tags:

• American Revolution
• Revolutionary War
• Washington Rochambeau
• National Historic Trail
• Dobbs Ferry
• George Washington
• Rochambeau
• David Hackett Fischer
• Thomas Fleming
• Mary Sudman Donovan
• Dobbs Ferry Historical Society
• Richard Borkow
• Richard Anthony Blake

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