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🌱 Patch AM: MHS Annual Meeting And Fall Program: Rochambeau's Army In Connecticut 1780-1782

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Morning Mansfield! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

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  • Learn how Rochambeau's French troops passed through Connecticut

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• MHS Annual Meeting And Fall Program: Rochambeau's Army In Connecticut 1780-1782 (patch.com) — Mansfield residents are invited to the Mansfield Historical Society's annual meeting and fall program on October 23 at the Buchanan Auditorium in the public library. After board elections, historian Bruce Clouette will explore General Rochambeau's French army marching through Connecticut from 1780 to 1782, tying Mansfield into the broader story of America's path to victory at Yorktown.
   

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