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The Lawrence County Historical Society is pleased to announce its upcoming educational speaker event, “The Kittanning Raid of 1756: The First Military Action Authorized by Pennsylvania and How it Changed the Future of the American Colonies”

Presented by Professor Brady J. Crytzer, author, and host of Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution.

Crytzer’s presentation is best described by the publisher:
“On the morning of September 8, 1756, a band of about three hundred volunteers of a newly created Pennsylvania militia led by Lt. Col. John Armstrong crept slowly through the western Pennsylvania brush. The night before they had reviewed a plan to quietly surround and attack the Lenape, or Delaware, Indian village of Kittanning. The Pennsylvanians had learned that several prominent Delaware who had led recent attacks on frontier settlements as well as white settlers previously taken prisoner were at the village.

In War in the Peaceable Kingdom: The Kittanning Raid of 1756, historian Brady J. Crytzer follows the two major threads that intertwined at Kittanning: The French and Indian War that began in the Pennsylvania frontier, and the bitter struggle between pacifist Quakers and those Quakers and others—most notably, Benjamin Franklin—who supported the need to take up arms. It was a transformational moment for the American colonies. Rather than having a large, pacifist Pennsylvania in the heart of British North America, the colony now joined the others in training soldiers for defense. Ironically, it would be Pennsylvania soldiers who, in the early days of the American Revolution, would be crucial to the survival of George Washington’s army.

RESOURCES for “Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution”

• DISPATCHES is now available on YouTube from the Journal of the American Revolution’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/@journaloftheamericanrevolution

• Podcasts available on
  APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dispatches-the-podcast-of-the/id1451236351
  PODBEAN: https://jardispatches.podbean.com/
  TUNEIN: https://tunein.com/radio/Dispatches-The-Podcast-of-the-Journal-of-the-American-Revolution-p1969527/

The Lawrence County Historical Society invites you to join us for this informative and fascinating historical lecture.

DATE/TIME: March 12, 2025 / 6:00-7:00 pm

LOCATION: LCHS ANNEX – 408 N Jefferson St, New Castle PA 16101

TICKET PRICE
$5 for Students
$10 for Adults

3 WAYS TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKET

• ONLINE 24/7 at https://www.lawrencechs.com/store/tickets/
  online purchase deadline isMarch 8
• By TELEPHONE: at 724-658-4022 any Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday from 11am to 4pm
• IN PERSON At the LCHS Annex, 408 N Jefferson Street, New Castle only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays between 11 AM and 4 PM