New York & the Mid-Atlantic Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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PENNSYLVANIA

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Greensburg

PleaMounsantt Stahlstown

Masontown

Farmington

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Grantsville

Indiana

Somerset

California

UnionTown

Connellsville

Vandergrift

Morgantown

Bethel
Park

McCandless

Monroeville

Johnstown

Donegal

Washington


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1 Ligonier
Compared to the
Revolutionary War and
the Civil War, the French
& Indian War, oft referred
to as the ‘first world war’
and known as the Seven
Years War in Europe, is
less indelibly stamped
as a turning point in
America’s national
narrative. The excellent
Fort Ligonier (%724-238-
9701; http://www.fortligonier.org; 200
South Market St; adult/child
$10/6; h10am-4:30pm Mon-
Sat, noon-4:30pm Sun mid-Apr–
mid-Nov), both a museum
and a reconstructed fort

Pittsburgh


& the Laurel


Highlands


Most.people.forget.that.the.British,.French.and.


their.Native.American.allies.once.struggled.


for.control.of.this.southwestern.corner.of.


Pennsylvania..The.fate.of.empires.hung.in.the.


balance.in.the.1750s.when.it.was.primarily.


a.rugged.wilderness..The.forested.landscape.


remains,.of.course.less.wild,.but.a.scenic.backdrop.


nevertheless..And.Pittsburgh,.its.skyscrapers.


nestled.in.a.compact.downtown,.provides.a.


civilizing.influence.


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