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"The old pioneer always kept the respect of red men and white, of friend and foe, for he acted according to his belief."

A A Two hundred and sixty-six years ago this month, a column of British regulars commanded by Gen. Edward Braddock was cut to pieces by French soldiers and their Native American allies in the woods just outside today’s Pittsburgh. The defeat turned into a rout when Braddock was shot off his horse, leaving the retreat to be managed by a young colonial officer named George Washington, whose own previous foray into the region had lit the tinder for the war. This was the beginning of the French and Indian War (also known, much less poetically, as the Seven Years’ War), which I thoug...

Opinion Columnist Two hundred and sixty-six years ago this month, a column of British regulars commanded by Gen. Edward Braddock was cut to pieces by French soldiers and their Native American allies in the woods just outside today’s Pittsburgh. The defeat turned into a rout when Braddock was shot off his horse, leaving the retreat to be managed by a young colonial officer named George Washington, whose own previous foray into the region had lit the tinder for the war. This was the beginning of the French and Indian War (also known, much less poetically, as the Seven Years’ War), which I t...

And the history lesson continues..... America is fighting dirty little wars all over the globe.....and it is nothing new! Our history is choked full of dirty little wars....a long history..... Americans in combat, from colo­nial times to the present day, have almost always faced unexpected enemies—foes from different cultures who fought in unfa­miliar ways. Those…

May 31—R. Greg Lau's new book "The Young Wagoner: Surviving Braddock's Defeat 1755" weaves together family memories, historical events and fictional encounters to tell the story of his ancestor, Jost Herbach. At age 14, Herbach left his Pennsylvania Dutch home in York to serve as a wagoner, an experience that culminated at the French and Indian War's Battle of the Monongahela — about 10 miles ...