Even before George Washington became America’s first president, his experiences as a young colonel in western Pennsylvania ...

Years later, he wrote that his life was in as “much jeopardy as it ever had been before or since.” Washington was pursuing a ...

A Fort Leonard Wood soldier faces a court-martial in the death of a fellow soldier whose body was found in a dumpster on the ...

In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish in Pennsylvania ...

To the future President’s credit, Arkeonews wrote that “Washington, realizing the error, risked his life by galloping through ...

A 21-year-old Fort Leonard Wood soldier will face a court-martial in the death of another soldier whose body was found last ...

As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military veterans are helping archaeologists excavate the location.

Four years of digging for artifacts in the Ligonier area have shed new light on a little-known “friendly fire” incident in ...

At the eastern edge of Westmoreland County’s Route 30 corridor lies one of the state’s best example of a colonial fort — Fort ...

At Fort Ligonier on Friday, excitement was in the air as it unveiled a new exhibit and talked about the ongoing archaeological work surrounding what is called George Washington's "friendly fire ...

You may think you know some of the history of the French and Indian War and even of Fort Ligonier, but KDKA's Chris DeRose ...

Thousands of visitors are expected to flood the Ligonier Valley during the second weekend of October, whether to enjoy history, crafts, and food at the annual Fort Ligonier Days, or ...