From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette- Ah home sweet home!
Fort Ligonier will be under siege again.
The 51st annual Fort Ligonier Days will take place Friday through Sunday at the garrison and the borough that encircles it.
More than 100,000 people are expected to attend over the three days. The event is free except for activities at the fort, where admission is $8 for age 15 and older; $5 for ages 6 to 14; and free for 5 and younger.
The fort is the site of what turned out to be the pivotal battle of the French and Indian War. The British were still building it in the wilderness when French forces attacked at 11 a.m. Oct. 12, 1758.
The French attempted to circle and take over the fort but were driven back by British artillery in a four-hour conflict in the rain.
Waiting until nightfall to strike again, the French were repulsed by mortar fire from within the fort.
That defeat caused the French to abandon Fort Duquesne at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers -- in what would become Pittsburgh -- and led to a British victory.
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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10280/1093138-59.stm#ixzz11rcmtaVI
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