Wednesday Night Lecture Series

The Neversink Valley Museum of History & Innovation presents its second installment of its History Lecture Series on Wednesday May 6, 2015 at 7:30 pm when it presents local historian Frank Salvati speaking about “Battle of the Monongahela: British Redcoats vs. Woodland Indians,” to be held at the D&H Canal Visitor’s Center, 58 Hoag Road (just off of Route 209) in Cuddebackville, NY.  Light refreshments will be served.
The Battle of the Monongahela, also known as Braddock’s Defeat, occurred on July 9, 1755, when British General Edward Braddock attempted to take the French stronghold of Fort Duquesne, where Pittsburgh, PA now stands. Accompanying Braddock was the young Virginia colonel George Washington as his aide-de-camp. The French force consisted mainly of Indians from the Great Lakes region. The British force, unaccustomed to wilderness warfare, suffered a terrible defeat at the hands of the French and their Indian allies. This was the first major battle of the French and Indian War.  It would be three years before the British could claim their first major victories.
Frank Salvati is a resident of Port Jervis, New York.  He is a passionate student of the Indian wars, with a particular interest in the North Eastern United States.  He is a popular speaker on the French and Indian Wars, the American Revolution and the War of 1812.

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