In the first engagement of the French and Indian War, a Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George ...
Young George Washington came to Waterford, Pa., in 1753 to urge the French to abandon their frontier fort. The French stayed, ...
When the Peace of Paris, 1763 was signed, the British crown more than doubled the lands controlled in what would become the United States. From the western boundaries of the original thirteen colonies ...
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 from ...
The French and Indian War, Revolutionary War and the American Civil War will be brought to life in Blair County next week as ...
The precepts of the Magna Carta were included in Elizabeth I’s 1578 grant to Sir Humphrey Gilbert and later charters included a key provision: all rights of Englishmen were retained by English ...
As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military veterans are helping archaeologists excavate the location. By Jennifer ...