As 18th century military reenactors at Fort Ligonier were preparing Sunday to fire six- and 12-pound cannons packed with explosive cartridges meant to imitate the sound of cannonballs, David Evans of ...

This is the first in a series of articles, part of The Tribune-Democrat’s ongoing U.S. Semiquincentennial project titled “America 250: Local Connections,” about events and people that shaped the ...

A wooden door discovered recently on the upper floor of a French Revolution-era watchtower offers an intimate look at the lives of British soldiers who spent hours at a time stationed there during the ...

The building apparently burned down around 1760, after the bulk of the British army had advanced on French-held Canada. Starbuck has spent most of the past 15 years conducting digs at 18th-century ...

In 1758, the British army constructed the Post at Loyalhanna, later known as Fort Ligonier, in what was then the colonial ...