Braddock Road Preservation Association

01/04/2025

2024 BRPA Whiskey Rebellion Bus Tour led by noted historian Brady J. Crytzer and Seminar Weekend

10/24/2024

History buffs - The Braddock Road Preservation Association is hosting its Annual Seminar next weekend at Fort Ligonier. Join us on a tour focusing on the first crisis of a new nation! Led by Brady Crytzer, the BRPA will visit multiple Whiskey Rebellion sites throughout the Pittsburgh region.

Sites included:

Mingo Creek Church

The Bradford House

Oliver Miller Homestead

Old St. Luke’s Church

Woodville Plantation

Join the Braddock Road Preservation Association at Fort Ligonier for its 36th annual seminar on November 1st and 2nd, 2024!

10/23/2024

Register now for the annual seminar to hear Dr. Jonathan Burns of Juniata College discuss the results of his archaeological excavations this past season, particularly his search for the site of the 1758 “Friendly Fire” incident involving George Washington and the Virginia Regiment near Fort Ligonier. To learn more about Dr. Burns and his research, go to https://www.juniata.edu/academics/provost/bio.php?id=BURNS

10/21/2024

This year’s seminar features several leading historians, including Dr. Glenn Williams, who recently retired from the US Army Center for Military History. He is the author of well-known volumes on the 1779 Sullivan Expedition and most recently, the 1774 Lord Dunmore’s War. He will focus his presentation on the operational details of Lord Dunmore’s two-pronged offensive into Shawnee territory in 1774.

10/19/2024

This year’s seminar will feature several leading historians of the French and Indian War, including Dr. John Maass, educator and historian at the National Museum of the U.S. Army at Fort Belvoir. He has authored several books on 18th-century military history, and will focus his presentation on research from his 2007 work, “The French and Indian War in North Carolina: The Spreading Flames of War.”

10/15/2024

Meet West Overton Distillery and Village! Our Whiskey Rebellion bus tour on November 1 will include a special whiskey tasting event that evening, hosted by our friends at West Overton Distilling (part of the historic 19th-century West Overton Village museum in Westmoreland County). West Overton Distilling preserves the tradition of whiskey distilling in western Pennsylvania, and especially that begun by early settler Henry Overholt in the early 1800s. The Overholts produced Monongahela Rye, a local whiskey named after the river. The whiskey tasting will highlight the distilling process that produces its deep, rich, and full-bodied flavor. Sign up for the bus tour today at: https://www.fortligonier.org/event/braddock-road-preservation-association-seminar-at-fort-ligonier-2/
For more info on West Overton Village:
https://www.westovertonvillage.org/

10/09/2024

Whiskey Rebellion Tour and Tasting! Award-winning historian Brady Crytzer will be leading this year's BRPA Seminar bus tour on November 1st, which will visit sites of the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania featured in his acclaimed book, “The Whiskey Rebellion: A Distilled History of an American Crisis.” After the tour, enjoy dinner in Fort Ligonier’s Center for History Education, a whiskey tasting event, and evening program by Jordan B. Smith, Ph.D., titled: “Philadelphia Distilleries in the Eighteenth Century: Connecting the Atlantic World and the Pennsylvania Backcountry.” Learn more and register today at: https://www.fortligonier.org/event/braddock-road-preservation-association-seminar-at-fort-ligonier-2/

09/27/2024

Join us this November! Reserve your spot today!