“According to the best of his Recollection”: The Mystery of George Washington’s Friendly Fire Incident | Wine and Cheese Reception and Talk

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“According to the best of his Recollection”: The Mystery of George Washington’s Friendly Fire Incident | Wine and Cheese Reception and Talk

Nov

2024

“According to the best of his Recollection”: The Mystery of George Washington’s Friendly Fire Incident | Wine and Cheese Reception and Talk

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Please join us for the annual commemoration of George Washington's dramatic November 12, 1758, Friendly Fire Incident. Learn more about the last time Washington was under fire before the American Revolution!

Hear a riveting talk by Fort Ligonier’s Director of Education, Matt Gault about the different accounts that we know exist of the Incident including by Washington himself as written in his “Remarks”, an 11-page diary about his time spent at Fort Ligonier and on the western Pennsylvania frontier.

6:00 PM | Wine and Cheese Reception

6:30 PM | Program at the Fort Ligonier Center for History Education

Fort Association Members: $25 | Non-members: $35

Want to join the troops? Click here to become a member of the Fort Ligonier Association!

This event is generously sponsored by Deluzio & Co. and Ligonier Stone & Lime Co.