The Road to Yorktown with Norman Desmarais

The fate of the American Revolution had yet to be decided when a remarkable 21-year-old Frenchman arrived in America. Louis-François-Bertrand, the Count of Lauberdière, served as aide-de-camp on General Rochambeau’s staff, and was in the epicenter of many of the war’s momentous events. His journal covers a host of topics in remarkable detail, including descriptions of the French army’s camp in Newport, Rhode Island, the long march to Yorktown, the siege, and capture, and a fascinating examination of the people and their distinctive colonial culture. Join author and historian Norman Desmarais, professor emeritus at Providence College, as he discusses, Lauberdière's journal. Free and open to everyone. No registration required. Funded by the Friends of the Library.