As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military ...

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 ...

After leaving Camp Pottsgrove, Washington and his army fought in a battle known as The Battle of Germantown. After British Commander William Howe claimed the capital, Howe set up two brigades. The ...

The film recounts the pivotal Battle of Yorktown in 1781, the final major conflict of the American Revolution. It highlights the strategic maneuvers of George Washington and his collaboration with ...

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 ...

And not just figure out but write about it. Crawford will discuss his book “This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America’s ...

The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown will display this circa-1790 portrait of George Washington by American artist Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822), who portrays the general as the victor of the ...

Unquestionably it was a foundational document for America, calling for unity against Great Britain in the struggle for ...

The former California governor is the latest to recognize that the most remarkable thing about the first president was not ...

His men built forts at Brooklyn Heights and placed troops along Gowanus Heights as protection. In early July, 400 British ships carrying 32,000 troops under General William Howe anchored near Staten ...