Braddock's Battlefield History Center
Braddock's Battlefield History Center is a small American museum and visitors center on the site of the Battle of the Monongahela of July 9, 1755.
It features a collection of art, documents, and artifacts about the Braddock Expedition and the French and Indian War as it unfolded at the Forks of the Ohio. Located {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} east of downtown Pittsburgh in North Braddock, Pennsylvania, it is housed in a renovated car dealership along with a small gymnastics company on a three-acre parcel on a hillside that overlooks the Monongahela River Valley and the historic Edgar Thomson Works of United States Steel.
The museum was created by Robert T. Messner, a retired Pittsburgh lawyer and grandfather, with the support of local foundations, and it opened to the public on August 18, 2012. In December 2018, Messner donated the History Center to Fort Ligonier, which has operated the Center since May 2019.
References
- Marylynne Pitz (2012). [http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/life/lifestyle/new-museum-charts-braddocks-defeat-649452/ Braddock's Battlefield History Center Opening: story by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]. Retrieved August 20, 2006.
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External links
- [http://www.braddocksbattlefield.com Braddock's Battlefield History Center website]
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Category:Museums in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Category:Museums established in 2012
Category:2012 establishments in Pennsylvania
Category:History museums in Pennsylvania
Category:Military and war museums in Pennsylvania
Category:French and Indian War
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