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Before he became the first U.S. president, George Washington helped ignite a global war. The French and Indian War saw ...
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.
In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish in Pennsylvania ...
Known in North America as the French and Indian War, the fight between France and Britain for control of the continent reshaped empires and sowed the seeds of American independence.
But the Indian warriors, under the nominal command of French officers, did not massacre everybody. They captured all the men, women and children they could, made off with them on the cold journey ...
The American Revolution was a defining moment in the history of Pennsylvania. Neighbor turned against neighbor amidst a desperate civil war in colonial America. Indigenous societies were uprooted ...
George Washington and Fort Ligonier make history once again You may think you know some of the history of the French and Indian War and even of Fort Ligonier, but it's what's been found just 2 ...
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.
Washington was pursuing a contingent of French troops near Fort Ligonier in western Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War when fog and darkness caused confusion, which led to a brutal ...