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May 7, 2003
CONTACT:
Gordon Ovenshine (724) 738-4854; e-mail: gordon.ovenshine@sru.edu
LOCAL ROOTS OF
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR EXPLORED MAY 11 AT HARMONY
MUSEUM;
SLIPPERY ROCK
UNIVERSITY’S DR. DAVID DIXON LEADS DISCUSSION
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. –
Slippery Rock University history Professor Dr. David Dixon will
describe the local roots of the French and Indian War during a free
program 7:30 p.m. Tuesday [May 11] at the Harmony Museum. The
public is invited to help mark the 250th anniversary of
the war.
The
conflict pitted colonial powers England and France in a battle for
the Ohio country, which included western Pennsylvania. The governor
of Virginia sent George Washington to the area in an attempt to
force France out of what Britain considered its
territory.
Dixon
says the conflict led to history’s first global conflict, the
Seven Years’ War.
The
Harmony Museum is at 218 Mercer St., Harmony. Call
724-452-7341.
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