Lebanon, CT
3 documented events — from first stirrings to the final shots.
1
Jul
Jonathan Trumbull Sides with Patriots
Trumbull's decision made Connecticut the only colony whose sitting royal-era governor backed the Revolution, providing continuity of government and administrative capacity that proved essential.
18
Oct
Washington Meets Trumbull in Lebanon
Washington's reliance on Trumbull demonstrated the personal networks that kept the Continental Army operational when Congress and the commissary system repeatedly failed.
Jun
Rochambeau's Army Camps on Lebanon Green
The French army's transit through Connecticut demonstrated Trumbull's logistical achievement — he had organized a supply network capable of feeding and equipping a foreign army on the move.