History
A Flashpoint. A War. A Heritage.
The French & Indian Era
For 20 years the educational and living history activities of Penn's Colony have remembered the pivotal era of the French and Indian 
War (1754-1760) beginning with a young George Washington's trek to the western Pennsylvania frontier as a volunteer for the Virginia Colony (and British Crown) to report on the settlement activities of the French.
War which changed the course of history for America, and the world. The focus? The point of land called the Forks of the Ohio (Pittsburgh) because whoever controlled this point and its waterways would control the frontier.
Events from Washington's first, and subsequent visits to this region, led to the sparking of the French and Indian On the weekends, the living history encampment presents re-enactors from the British, Colonial, Scottish, French and Native groups which made their mark on this region.
Continue your trek through the French & Indian Era with a visit to 
the many historic sites of the war Pennsylvania including Fort Necessity National Battlefield; Braddock’s Field, Fort Ligonier, Fort Pitt and Bushy Run Battlefield. Join the War for Empire Consortium in remembering the 250th Anniversary of the French & Indian War, contact 412-281-1890 or www.warforempire.org.
