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The film explores the French and Indian War, a pivotal conflict between France and England in the mid-18th century that determined control over North America. It discusses the initial military ...

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 ...

Two hundred and sixty-six years ago this month, a column of British regulars commanded by Gen. Edward Braddock was cut to pieces by French soldiers and their Native American allies in the woods just ...

FIGHTING AMERICAN A WARCHEST OF STORIES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS FROM THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS THROUGH THE FIRST WORLD WAR ...

The sad story of Fort Loudoun goes back to a time before the state of Tennessee and the United States of America existed. It goes back to an era when present-day Tennessee was at the far reaches of ...

A just-discovered eyewitness account provides startling new evidence about who fired the shot that sparked the French and Indian War Secrets of American History David Preston; Photographs by Allison ...

The site of the first skirmish of the seven-year-long French and Indian War has been verified after a four-week archaeological dig that involved multiple organizations found artifacts, including ...

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 miles away from the fort that is shedding new light on the global ...

An 1827 engraving depicts the Wampanoag chief Metacom, who was known as King Philip by the British. Wikimedia Commons Editor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. He is the ...