Funds secured for French and Indian War sites

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Thursday, October 30, 2003

[Willie Green]

A $500,000 allocation of federal funds has been earmarked to help develop special programs, interpret historic events and link the region's important sites of the French and Indian War for the 250th anniversary of that conflict.

The allocation was included in the U.S. Department of Interior appropriations legislation that passed the House and Senate this week, U.S. Rep. John Murtha, a Johnstown Democrat, reported.

[Willie Green]

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[Willie Green]

ping

[SoothingDave]

Bushy Run bump!

SD

[niteowl77]

Brushy Run: America's least appreciated pivotal frontier battle.

Supposedly my dad is descended from Henry Bouquet or a sibling (from what I can gather, "Hank" did not marry, but that's never been much of an obstacle).

[RightWhale]

G. Washington started the French and Indian War, was with the fateful British march to Pittsburgh where he miraculously survived and an ancestor of RightWhale was there, too, with the French, and is probably one of those who missed a probably less-than-clear shot at G. Washington.

[SoothingDave]

Bushy Run: America's least appreciated pivotal frontier battle.

I grew up a stone's throw from Bushy Run - where settlement of the west was secured.

SD

[ruoflaw]

I have been to Fort Ligonier and it is fantastic! I was there about eight years ago and they had just bought the neighboring property so they could expand. The artifacts on display are of pristine quality. Thanks for the Ping!