At the eastern edge of Westmoreland County’s Route 30 corridor lies one of the state’s best example of a colonial fort — Fort Ligonier, the site of the October 1758 battle where British and Colonial ...
This past weekend marked the 250th anniversary of an event that has resonance with more recent events. On July 9, 1755, a strong British force led by Gen. Edward Braddock was defeated and slain by a ...
"David L. Preston's gripping account of Braddock's Defeat, also known as the Battle of the Monongahela, is the most authoritative ever written. Using previously untapped sources, Preston's work ...