By our estimate, approximately 200 cities and towns in nine states and the District of Columbia are located on the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route, with a combined population of more than 12 million! Finally, those Victory Towns have their own online shop, available through the W3R-US.
Opened in time for Yorktown Day 2025, the online store offers everything from caps and T-shirts to art and patriotic banners to help celebrate the 200 Victory Towns who witnessed the victorious march to Yorktown in 1781 and the return trip in 1782.
“The decisive win at Yorktown made American independence possible,” said W3R-US chairman Lawrence Abell. “With our new Victory Towns 250 program, we are making a big effort to engage with trail communities to make sure they are able to honor our 250th anniversary of the nation next year as only Victory Towns can.”
The “Victory Towns” logo is featured on several of the products available through the store, including a baseball cap and handsome pin that is available in quantities of ten. One tee-shirt is designed to look like a rock concert tour shirt, complete with “Rock & Roll Washington Rochambeau” on the front and a list of major tour cities of the trail on the back. A second t-shirt honors the substantially African and Indigenous American First Rhode Island Regiment that marched the trail and won an important engagement at Yorktown. It is called “Heroes of 1781.”
The store can be accessed via a “Shop” button on the W3R-US.
