Rochambeau Monument, (sculpture).

Rochambeau Monument, (sculpture).

Kelly, James Edward, 1855-1933, sculptor.

Roman Bronze Works, founder.

Rochambeau Monument, (sculpture).

1912. Installed 1912.

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Plaque: bronze; Base: gray granite.

Plaque: approx. 40 x 29 x 1 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 7 in. x 51 1/2 in. x 16 1/2 in.

(Proper right of proper right shoulder:) Kelly/1912 (Below portrait on bronze plaque, incised caps:) ROCHAMBEAU/LIEUT. GENERAL/COMMANDING/THE AUXILIARY FRENCH ARMIES/UNDER/WASHINGTON/-JAN. 11, 1783- (Incised, in stone below bronze plaque:) ROCHAMBEAU'S LETTER TO CONGRESS;/"WE ARE YOUR BROTHERS. WE SHALL/CONDUCT OURSELVES AS SUCH WITH YOU/WE SHALL FIGHT AGAINST OUR ENEMIES/AT YOUR SIDE AS ONE AND THE SAME/NATION" QUOTATION FROM GENERAL'S LETTER (Incised lettering on rear face of granite states that the monument was re-erected and re-dedicated in 1971) signed

A granite marker with a bronze plaque bearing a bust-length portrait in relief of General Rochambeau. He is wearing a tricorn hat which is cocked to show the curls over his ears. He is looking to his proper left. He is clean shaven and wears lace in the opening of his uniform coat collar. Badges adorn the hat and the coat. There is a shield of France in the corner above him.

Portrait male -- Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur -- Bust

History -- United States -- Revolution

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Southington

Administered by Town of Southington, Parks Department, 75 Main Street, Southington, Connecticut 06489

Located Marion Avenue, Southington, Connecticut 06489

IAS files contain copies of Atwater, Francis, "History of Southington, Conn.," Meriden, CT: The Journal Press, 1924, pg. 356, 357, with a historical photograph of Captain Lawrence O'Brien, who erected the monument, standing next to it on its original base. The original concrete base was replaced in 1971. IAS files also contain David F. Ransom, Historical and Architectural Resources Survey of Southington, Statewide Historic Resources Inventory, Hartford: Connecticut Historical Commission, 1985, Inventory form #129.

The monument was erected by the Irish Historical Society of Providence, in recognition of the fact that an Irish brigade accompanied Rochambeau's army, when he stopped in Southington in June 1781 on his way to Yorktown, and again in November 1782 on his return.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.

Atwater, Francis, "History of Southington, Conn.," Meriden, CT: The Journal Press, 1924, pg. 356, 357.

SOS Assessment Award, 1998.

Inventory staff, 2000.

Atwater, Francis, "History of Southington, Conn.," Meriden, CT: The Journal Press, 1924, pg. 357.

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