Dedication Ceremony

Photos and videos from the ceremony will continue to be added in coming days. If you have photos or videos to share, see below. In the printed program, note that Governor Ned Lamont spoke, rather than Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas. Tristan Mayes sang the Star Spangled Banner rather than Julia Villadolid.

Dedication Program Speakers 1

Part 1 Processional by Lancraft Fife & Drum Corps, Welcome by First Selectwoman Jennifer Mahr, Remarks by Dr. Robert Rafford, Invocation by Reverend Katrina Manzi.


Part 3 Keynote speaker Raymond E. Sullivan, MD comments on the struggle made by the French Army at Breakneck Hill.


Part 5 Tristan Mayes sings the Star Spangled Banner. Jordan Nicholson sings La Marseillaise, the French National Anthem.


Part 7 Connecticut State Senator Joan V. Hartley comments on what the Rochambeau monument means to Middlebury.


Part 9 Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick du Tetre, Association of French Reserve Officers in the United States tells a heartwarming story.


Part 11 Waterbury Mayor Paul Permerewski comments on the French soldiers contribution to winning the Revolutionary War.


Part 13 Middlebury poet laureate reads her poem “Casse-cou” which literally means neck breaker, a free verse piece on the relationships between people.


Part 15 Alice DeMartino commemorates the Rochambeau Memorial and comments on its development..

Dedication Program Speakers 2

Part 2 Keynote speaker Larry Janesky, Honorary Chairman and General Contractor.


Part 4 Governor Ned Lamont comments on the Rochambeau Monument and what it means to US History.


Part 6 U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal comments on the Rochambeau Monument and what it represents.


Part 8 French Brigadier General Guillaume Ponchin, Head of the French Military Representatin at the United Nations.


Part 10 First Selectwoman Jennifer Mahr offers comments on the significance of the monument to Rochambeau’s soldiers.


Part 12 Alan Amelinckx comments on how citizens are rediscovering the important contributions that let to America’s freedom.


Part 14 Artist Tony Falcone thanks the sponsors of the monument and explains what the ordinary French soldier represents.


Part 16 The Governor Oliver Wolcott Sr. Branch of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the Revolution fire a musket volley, followed by remarks from Robert Rafford and Benediction by Rev. Katrina Manzi.


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