In the footsteps of General Rochambeau- a walking tour Starting point: Rochambeau Library

Ø Walk north on Hope St. toward Citizens Bank. Turn left on Glendale Ave. and right on Summit Ave. to intersection with Brewster. See French encampment marker.

Ø Cross Summit and turn left on Edgehill Rd. Continue on Edgehill to N. Main St. Turn left on N. Main to Jeremiah Dexter House at corner of Rochambeau.

Built in 1754, this house is on the National Register of Historic Places. Part of a large plot of land granted in 1636 to Gregory Dexter when and his followers first settled in Providence. In 1782 on their march from Yorktown to Boston the French encamped at this site. In Boston they embarked for France.

Ø Continue on N. Main to Abbott. St. Cross N. Main to cemetery.

North Burial Ground has many Revolutionary War Era graves, including those of Gov. Stephen Hopkins, signer of Declaration of Independence; , governor of the colony and state of RI.I.; and those of over 100 French soldiers who died during the encampment of French troops in Providence. A monument was erected over the soldiers’ graves in 1881 in memory of “Our French Allies in the Revolution.”

Ø Recross N. Main and continue on N. Main to Olney St.

See a small tree and plaque marking the location of R.I.’s original Liberty Tree.

Ø Continue on N. Main to Roger Williams National Memorial.

At the Visitor’s Center you can pick up information about Burke’s Independence Trail and RI Historical Society Tours.

Ø Continue on N. Main to Waterman St. Turn left on Waterman to Prospect St., right on Prospect to College St. Enter campus green on left to University Hall, first building on the left.

A bronze tablet on University Hall commemorates the occupation of the building by American forces and French allies. The building was used to house French and other revolutionary troops during the wait to commence the celebrated march of 1781 that led to the Siege of Yorktown and the Battle of the Chesapeake.