New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped ...

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 ...

Prologue: It is December in 1682 -- They went by water -- Fleur-de-lis on the St. Lawrence -- First clashes -- Frontiers red with blood -- Indians, rum, and beaver -- The land of Evnageline --They ...

LIGONIER, PENNSYLVANIA—On November 12, 1758, George Washington, then a colonel in the British army, faced imminent peril. Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had ...

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 ...

Introduction: The war that won a continent -- Colliding empires (1748-1756) -- 1. The bells of Aix-la-Chapelle -- 2. Beautiful Ohio -- Albany, 1754 -- Braddock's ...