Tonight’s episode of Ken Burns’ American Revolution series will cover George Washington’s pivotal first meeting with the Comte de Rochambeau and their eventual victory at the Battle of Yorktown. But first, please check out (and give a like to) my own video about their initial meeting, which took place in Hartford in 1780 at the home of merchant Jeremiah Wadsworth, which stood on the current site of the Wadsworth Atheneum.
If you like Ken Burns’ American Revolution series…