W3R-related Parks and Museums in Virginia
Mount Vernon Mount Vernon was the home of General George Washington
when he visited for the first time in five years in 1781 when he invited General Rochambeau
and other senior U.S. and French officers to stay for several days to plan the investment of Yorktown.
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Colonial National Park Colonial National Park [NPS]
includes Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown VA (the southern terminus for the W3R).
The Yorktown Visitors Center includes information about the French Expeditionary Force
under Gen. Rochambeau and might be expanded to include and the interaction
between American and French officers during the two and a half years
that the French Army was in the United States..
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Chesapeake Bay Water Trail
The Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network connects visitors with the Chesapeake Bay
and its rivers through 150 exceptional parks, wildlife refuges, museums, sailing ships,
historic communities, trails and more -- special places to experience the authentic Chesapeake.
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