8 French Soldiers Died in Van Cortlandtville [NY] During Revolutionary War

Peekskill-Cortlandt Patch ^ | 6-25-11 | Jeff Canning

[Pharmboy]

Although I usually do not post local remembrances, this piece had a lot of good, specific information on the French help during the RevWar.

[conservaterian]

Too bad the French have fallen so far from their noble roots.

[Pharmboy]

Also, a bit of irony in that the first European settlers of the lower Hudson Valley (this area) were French Huguenots.

Re-enactors of French RevWar troops, Newport, RI in 2005

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[Pharmboy]

Also, a bit of irony in that the first European settlers of the lower Hudson Valley (this area) were French Huguenots.

Re-enactors of French RevWar troops, Newport, RI in 2005

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[IronJack]

During their own revolutuin, they systematically dug up those roots, chopped them out, burned them, then salted the ground in which they grew.

France has no one to blame for her fall but France.

[Pharmboy]

Sorry about the double-ping...the first attempt brought a “downstream server error” and I never thought it posted.

[wagglebee]

Good story. I remember visiting Van Cortlandtville on a school field trip in 4th grade.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

France was but the first European power to join the Americans against the British. In 1779, a year after the Franco-American treaty of alliance, Spain entered the fray, followed by Holland in 1780. Several other European nations, while not actively joining the fighting, were increasingly hostile toward the British. The American rebellion had widened into a world war.

Thanks for the ping.

BTTT

[1rudeboy]

I think you need to fast forward to World War I. The French fought bravely, and lost an entire generation.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

We need to remind ourselves that many times—when American needed help France was there. We helped them but they helped up—France was our First Ally —we must remember that.

[IronJack]

I don’t dispute that. But France’s decline began with their revolution, halted briefly with Napoleon’s imperialist dreams, then accelerated once he was deposed.

The radical egalitarian myth that painted the Place du Concorde red with innocent blood pretty much eradicated the last vestiges of French nobility — in more ways than one.

[driftless2]

Yes, well, thank you France (and other countries) for your support during the RW. But it’s a faulty idea that if it wasn’t for the support of the foreign contingent, we wouldn’t have gained our independence. Eventually we would have become independent. As are all former Brit colonies that chose to do so. However, we might not have had as wise men as the ones who created the constitution. But, nevertheless, we would have eventually become independent.

[ZULU]

Thanks Pharmboy. Forgotten heroes in forgotten graves are forgotten no longer.

Great post.

[OldNewYork]

French culture and history ping.

[colorado tanker]

Thanks Pharmboy. The French involvement is a classic case of the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Louis was no democrat and would eventually be deposed in his own revolution. But their aid was critical to the victory at Yorktown and the British decision that we pesky colonials were more trouble than we were worth.

[rxsid]

"Yes, well, thank you France (and other countries) for your support during the RW. But it’s a faulty idea that if it wasn’t for the support of the foreign contingent, we wouldn’t have gained our independence. Eventually we would have become independent. "

Completely agree.

Look no further than the Professor confirming this (in contradiction to his overall theory):

"To the Mother Country, struggling for her very life, the scuffle in the New World seemed secondary."

As you mention, the colonists would have eventually won their independence...the Rev war was too distant for England and would have become far too expensive for them to continue in the long term.

The French support (appreciated) simply accelerated the inevitable.

[freedumb2003]

Is that Boston?

[Pharmboy]

Newport, RI.

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[aculeus]

Thanks for posting another gem.