The Lawrence County Historical Society will host an educational lecture on “The Kittanning Raid of 1756: The First Military Action Authorized by Pennsylvania and How It Changed the Future of the American Colonies” at 6 p.m. March 12.
Brady J. Crytzer, professor of history at Robert Morris University, will give the program detailing the morning of Sep. 8, 1756, when a band of about 300 volunteers of a newly created Pennsylvania militia led by Lt. Col. John Armstrong crept slowly through the western Pennsylvania brush.
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