The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher escorts the French tall ship replica the Hermione in the vicinity of the Battle of Virginia Capes June 2, 2015 in the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. The original the Hermione brought French Gen. Marquis de Lafayette to America in support of the American Revolutionary War. The symbolic return of the Hermione will pay homage to Lafayette and the Franco-American alliance that brought victory at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher escorts the French tall ship replica the Hermione in the vicinity of the Battle of Virginia Capes June 2, 2015 in the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. The original the Hermione brought French Gen. Marquis de Lafayette to America in support of the American Revolutionary War. The symbolic return of the Hermione will pay homage to Lafayette and the Franco-American alliance that brought victory at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
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Location: Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
Photo credit: © US Navy Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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