Seven Years' War Speaker Series: "George Washington in the French & Indian War"

For October's Seven Years' war Speaker Series, author Scott Patchan will discuss his book, "George Washington in the French & Indian War."

George Washington has frequently been criticized for his first military campaign, which sparked the French and Indian War. This backwoods campaign between British and French colonials eventually grew into the Seven Years’ War, a global conflict between these European empires. In 1754, Washington was an ambitious yet inexperienced young officer, eager to carry out his orders and mission on behalf of Virginia and the British king. While his campaign failed to meet its objectives, Washington experienced his first taste of military command, dealing with situations that ultimately proved beyond his control, and learned lessons that made him into the man who led the Continental army to victory in the Revolutionary War. Scott Patchan delves deep into Washington’s correspondence to explore the hard lessons he learned as a young officer.

The Seven Years’ War Speaker Series is a bi-monthly lecture program featuring historians and experts on topics relating to the Seven Years’ War – a global war involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas between 1756-1763.

Cost: Regular museum admission

About the Speaker:

Scott Patchan’s interest in history began at a young age when his parents took him to Fort Necessity National Battlefield in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. This visit initiated a lifelong love of history that has resulted in Scott’s writing of six books, most prominently "Shenandoah Summer," "Second Manassas: The Struggle for Chinn Ridge," and "The Last Battle of Winchester," as well as dozens of articles. He is a sought-after speaker and popular guide for tours on colonial American history, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War for the last twenty-five years across the eastern United States.

You may also like the following events from Braddock's Battlefield History Center:

• This Saturday, 27th September, 02:00 pm, Seven Years' War Speaker Series: "Pontiac's War and the Emergence of the Western Delawares" in Braddock
• This November, 16th November, 01:00 pm, Candlelight Concert with The Wayward Companions in Braddock

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