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Before he led a revolution, George Washington sparked one. This video explores how a young officer’s ambush in the Ohio Valley helped ignite a global conflict—the Seven Years' War. Known in North ...
At Fort Ligonier on Friday, excitement was in the air as it unveiled a new exhibit and talked about the ongoing archaeological work surrounding what is called George Washington's "friendly fire ...
Four years of digging for artifacts in the Ligonier area have shed new light on a little-known “friendly fire” incident in ...
You may think you know some of the history of the French and Indian War and even of Fort Ligonier, but KDKA's Chris DeRose ...
When Young George Washington Started a War A just-discovered eyewitness account provides startling new evidence about who fired the shot that sparked the French and Indian War ...
A cache of love letters from the French and Indian War sat unopened for nearly 265 years. Now the letters to French sailors have finally been revealed.
This portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale depicts what Washington would have looked like in his Virginia regiment uniform during the French and Indian War. | Wikimedia Commons ...
Angel Studios and Wonder Project partnered to celebrate America’s first president with an upcoming biopic titled YOUNG ...
In 1775, an unsung hero of the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania's Colonel William Thompson, helped drive back the ...
The War That Made America, a PBS documentary, tells the story of the French and Indian War and how it impacted the American Revolution.
The French and Indian War's 1755 Battle of Lake George will be re-enacted Sept. 22-24, 2023, in a free event featuring 250 costumed interpreters of history.