WINCHESTER’S
WINCHESTER’S
PO Box 751, Winchester, Virginia 22604
www.FIWF.org
Volume 10, Issue 1, Spring 2015
A N N U A L M E E T I N G O F T H E F O U N D AT I O N
Our Annual Meeting was held at the Godfrey Miller Home
on November 16th, 2014. Linda Ross, President, opened
the meeting with remarks on our accomplishments through
the past year. Vice-President David Grosso showed slide
presentations of many of the events.
Two articles on Fort Loudoun written by David Grosso were
published.
Eagle Scout David Tactikos built a display case for artifacts
dug from Ft. Loudoun, and we had it placed in the Winchester- Frederick County Tourism Center.
We installed a portrait of Col. George Washington by
Charles Wilson Peale in his F&I War Virginia Regiment
uniform in the new downtown Tourism Center on
Boscawen St.
We developed an "Outreach Program" for the community,
to present to schools or Civic Organizations
Made a presentation to the Kiwanis Club
Ft. Loudoun Day, last May, was successful with a wonderful speaker, Bill Hunt, dressed in period uniform.
Board member Carl Ekberg received the award La Medaille
d'Or du Merite Francophone by the Ambassador of France
at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Several board members attended the ceremony.
Norman Baker, the Foundation's Historian,
was a speaker at the Braddock Road
Seminar at Fort Necessity
The Fort Loudoun site was granted listing
on the National Register of Historic Places.
The story was picked up by the U.S.A.
Today Newspaper.
A George Washington Birthday Dinner
Norman Baker
was held on Feb. 22nd at the George
Washington Hotel.
At our meeting Jim Moyer gave a demonstration of his website on French and
Indian War Forts.
We announced a newly formed Advisory
Committee of 10 people:
Stan Corneal, James Deskins, Amy
DeBrueler, David Edwards, Bill Hunt,
David Look, Jim Moyer, Roberta Munske, Dr. Dennis Pogue,
and Dr. John Stauffer.
Jim Moyer
We are very encouraged to have this group as our Advisors. Dr. Pogue will lead the Archeology Committee.
The foundation will be working with the City of Winchester
to do an on-the-ground outline of the entire Fort.
by Linda Ross
Business:
Reports were given by the heads of each committee.
Finance, Jim Shipp; Building & Grounds, Linda Ross;
Education & Outreach, Susan Emmart; Membership, David
Grosso; and Development, entire board.
Nominations were made for the following, Norman Baker,
Steve Resan, Susan Emmart and R. Patrick Murphy, all to
serve 3-year terms. All were unanimously elected.
Awards:
The Fort Loudoun Award was given to
Roberta Munske, a former Board member and
outstanding achiever in education on the F&I
War. Roberta also formerly served on the
board of the Fort Edwards Foundation.
The Outstanding Leadership Award was
presented to former Board member Scott
Straub for his work on our Audio Tour.
Linda took a minute to reflect on the passing
of Foundation Members Eloise Strader,
Marge Copenhaver and Helen Ritter.
Roberta Munske
Speaker:
Our Speaker, Mr. Paul Misencik gave an
engaging talk, based on his recent book,
about George Washington and the Half
King (Tanacharison), the Seneca Indian
leader. Mr. Misencik is persuaded that
Half King played a larger role in the seminal events of 1753-54 (especially the
Jumonville Affair) than is commonly
Speaker, Paul Misencik
understood. Half King was a seasoned
and wily operative on the Alleghany frontier, and he accompanied Washington on his remarkable diplomatic expedition
to Fort Le Boeuf in 1753. Half King was surely influential in
persuading George Washington to take the offensive
against Jumonville’s party in late May 1754. It may even be
argued, Mr. Misencik suggested, that Washington was
deceived by Half King, who relished the action for which he
is best known--striking defenseless Jumonville with a
tomahawk and killing him.
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Valley Pike by Adrian O’Connor
Jumonville: ‘Murdered’ or merely ‘killed’
“This was war, undeclared though it may have been.”
Norman Baker
This past Sunday I went to a lecture and a splendid little
war broke out — a war of words, that is ...among friends.
Yes, much like at Fort Necessity, the meeting room at the
Godfrey Miller House proved “a charming field for an encounter.”
If you’re sensing a French and Indian War theme here,
you’re spot on. The talk I took in, sponsored by our local
French and Indian War Foundation, was delivered by Paul
Misencik, author of a new book — “George Washington
and the Half-King Chief Tanacharison: An Alliance That
Began the French and Indian War” — about the events
leading up to the tumultuous transactions at Pennsylvania’s Jumonville Glen that, as British writer Horace Walpole
said, “set the world on fire.”
Among scholars and enthusiasts of the war that set the
table for the American Revolution, determining the wherefores and the whys of the abbreviated yet bloody fray at
Jumonville has long been an academic cottage industry.
Or, as I learned Sunday, a spark for the sort of rhetorical
pyrotechnics that can result from honest differences in
opinion and interpretation.
The basic question energetically debated: Was Joseph
Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville, leader of the small
French force encamped in the glen, a casualty of war, or
was he assassinated, murdered in cold blood by
Tanacharison?
It all hinges on whether you believe Jumonville was on a
diplomatic mission — similar to that undertaken by the
youthful Washington six months earlier at the behest of
Robert Dinwiddie, Virginia’s royal governor — or on a military expedition whose intent was to engage the British and
drive them back across the Alleghenies.
Historical uncertainty abounds on this point, as does
whether Washington was even aware Jumonville’s intentions may have been peaceful, but his message diplomatically firm. Misencik, for example, says Washington, until
the day he died, never wavered in his conviction that the
French he encountered that May morning in 1754 were a
“hostile force.”
There’s no question whatsoever about the circumstances
of Jumonville’s death. Wounded in the battle — no hardand-fast determination has been made as to who fired first
— Jumonville was treated as a prisoner of war...until
Tanacharison walked up to him and cleaved his head with
a tomahawk as Washington looked on.
Hence, the spirited discussion that erupted near the end of
Misencik’s presentation. In his introduction of the guest
speaker, retired history professor Carl Ekberg called
Jumonville’s death an “assassination.” And Misencik himself used the term “ cold - blooded murder” during his remarks.
That was enough for Norman Baker. Decrying what he
deemed the “demonization of Washington,” the Braddock’s
Road explorer (and Iwo Jima veteran) noted it was common practice among Native Americans to slay the wounded after a battle. Thus, he said, “killed” rather than “murder”
or “assassination,” might be a “better term.”
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The 22- year- old Washington, Baker said, was “ a damn
good leader.” What’s more, he added, “ in war, everyone
makes mistakes” — particularly when there are no established “rules of engagement.”
In its entirety, a fascinating discussion, from which I gleaned
this bit of insight: Of all the principals at the glen and in the
campaign that ensued, the Half King was the prime mover, a
true Machiavellian. A Seneca sent by the Iroquois to oversee
subjected tribes in the Ohio River Valley, he saw the French
as a threat to Iroquois hegemony. His goal: to gin up a war
between them and the British.
Tanacharison got what he desired. Mere months later, he
was dead, from pneumonia. Indian healers said he was
“bewitched.”
Adrian O’Connor is editorial page editor at The Winchester
Star
G E O R G E WA S H I N G T O N ’ S
B I R T H D AY C E L E B R AT I O N
at the New
On Sunday, February, 22nd our Foundation held a luncheon for the celebration of the anniversary of George
Washington’s birth. With good attendance, even though the
winter weather forced a few cancellations, a good time was
had by all.
We were excited to 'christen' the
George Washington Hotel's newly re-modeled downstairs restaurant ... George’s Food and Spirits.
The restaurant is now themed
exclusively on George Washington and we couldn't be happier!
Birthday Cake!
There is a small private room
named the Fort Loudoun Room. On the walls, it features
the Charles Wilson Peale’s portrait of "young" George
Washington in his uniform as Colonel of the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War as well as a drawing of Fort Loudoun.
Our own Norman Baker did the drawing of Fort Loudoun
after two years of intensive research,
including studies of Washington's
drawings in the Library of Congress.
This drawing was copyrighted in
2006. It first appeared on cover of the
book, Fort Loudoun: Washington's
Fort in Virginia by Norman L. Baker.
We'd like to say Thank You to the owners of the Hotel for
focusing on the early career of George Washington.
The event was to allow our board members to meet members and to focus on
sharing thoughts and
visions for the
Foundation's future. Vice
President David Grosso,
opened with a summation of our 2014 accomplishments.
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BELESTRE
PART TWO
by Stevan Resan
Part 1 tells the story of the Cherokee coming from North Carolina to aid Virginia in protecting its western frontier and of the capture of a young
French Ensign during a skirmish in which one of their Chiefs called the Swallow Warrior is killed. The French ensign is brought to Winchester
for questioning amid excitement and controversy.
The young French Ensign who was examined was Francois-Louis Picoté de Belestre, an aristocratic native of Canada who served in the Compagnies Franches de la Marine. By 1757 there were 40 companies of 65 men with each
company having three officers. Therefore, Ensign Belestre was one of only about 120 field officers.i Edmond Atkin,
Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Southern Department, Col Washington, and George Croghan were present for
the interview. The report of the examination was sent to Sir William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the
Northern Department.ii
Ensign Belestre said that he had come from Fort Duquesne, whose Commanding Officer's name was Deliguery. He
reported that he left Fort Duquesne on the 17th of May with orders to reconnoiter Fort Cumberland and entice out
small parties in order to make them prisoners. His party consisted of 40 Indians and 12 White men, 3 of which were
Officers. He claimed that they did not kill anyone, but drove off a good number of horses. He said that the Indians
separated themselves from the white men and dispersed themselves on the frontiers of the neighboring Colonies to
get scalps and prisoners. When he and ten Frenchmen set off homewards, they were attacked about half way between Fort Cumberland and Fort Duquesne on the 30th day of May, and that two Officers and three soldiers were
killed and himself taken prisoner.
When questioned about the garrison present at Fort Duquesne he indicated that, when he left, there were 300 men,
one half Regulars and the other half Militia. However, they expected a reinforcement of 300 more men from Montreal
any day which were to be stationed at Fort Duquesne until spring to enable that garrison to resist any attempts the
English might make against it this summer.
He boasted that a great body of Indians to the number of 1500 composed of the Illinois, upper Cherokees and
Creeks were also expected which were to be employed in scouting parties to annoy the frontiers of the three neighboring Colonies. He explained that the Indians who now harass the Frontiers are from more distant Nations than
those previously employed who are now neutral.
When questioned about an expedition intended to attack any of the frontier settlements or the outer forts, he replied
that when he left Fort Duquesne he heard nothing of any such expedition and that they had no artillery to enable
them to conduct such an attack on a fort, that the artillery at Fort Duquesne consisted of only 8 six pounders and 6
four pounders since the train of artillery taken after the defeat of General Braddock was sent down to Fort Niagara,
and also used at the taking of Oswego by the French.
Upon further questioning he said that only 100 of the Garrison at Fort Duquesne were quartered within the Fort the
rest lodging in barracks without. When asked about the battle of Monongahela he said that there were 200 French
and 600 Indians who attacked the British, and that the total killed and wounded on the side of the French amounted
to only 30 and that they then made only 3 soldiers and 5 women prisoners. He also reported that the French give
nothing for scalps but a little Spirits.
Further intelligence supplied by Ensign Belestre was that 3000 Soldiers had arrived last winter at Montreal from
France, but that he did not know of the arrival of any Troops at New Orleans by the way of Mississippi, that country
being so distant that they had no accounts from there. However, at the same time he said that they were supported
at Fort Duquesne with provisions from the Illinois country as well as from Fort Detroit. He added that 100 men were
in the Garrison at Fort Presque Isle they being apprehensive that the English and their Indians might attack them
there but that they had no Ports or Settlements on the Ohio below Fort Duquesne, however they had several above.
Belestre may not have known, or was hiding the fact, that a French Fort was indeed being built on the lower Ohio.
Major Mactique, the Commandant of Fort de Chartres had sent Monsieur Capitaine Charles-Philippe Aubrey, sieur
de la Gautraye to build a fort on the lower Ohio. Aubry selected a site 39 miles from the Mississippi and 6 miles
down from the Tennessee River on the northern (Illinois) side of the Ohio. The fort was to be built on a bluff 70 feet
above the river. River traffic could not pass the fort without being seen during the day or during the night. The Fort
was reportedly completed on the very day of the Belestre’s interrogation and was later called Fort Massac.iii
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All of this intelligence was considered by Washington and Stanwix as well as other recent information and both
agreed that some major French offensive was in progress.iv v vi vii This was soon confirmed less than two months later in August when General Montcalm left Montreal to lay siege to Fort William Henry in New York. He led a powerful
corps of 6,000 soldiers, including Captain Belestre, Ensign Belestre’s Father, and militiamen accompanied by 1,600
Indians. On August 6, after only three days of shelling, Lieutenant-Colonel George Monro, commander of the fort,
surrendered. The Indians, frustrated by their inability to obtain any booty or capture prisoners, attacked the British
and American soldiers as they withdrew, killing several and taking approximately 600 captive. The surrender of Fort
William Henry was a harsh blow to the British, and it prevented them from effecting any operations south of Montreal for the remainder of the year.viii
After the interrogation, it would have been expected that Belestre, as a prisoner of war, would have been detained
at Winchester or sent to Williamsburg. However, there is no record of this taking place. What actually happened appears to have been that the Cherokee refused to turn him over to the British and instead made him their Chief.ix
The refusal of the Cherokee to surrender prisoners was common. It had occurred just a few weeks earlier when
Wawahachy, the other leader of the Cherokee that came north from the lower Cherokee towns with the Swallow
Warrior, went to Fort Frederick with scalps and prisoners seeking gifts for their services. The Cherokee regarded
goods that they received from the British as presents while the British regarded them as pay for scalps and prisoners. Wawahachy said “if they were not to have the goods that had been talked of unless they would purchase them
with their prisoners or scalps they would return home” and that these “procured them most Honour among their own
People”. He later declared that “nothing should tempt him to part with the prisoners.”x
It was also not uncommon to adopt prisoners into the tribe to replace warriors killed in battle. As Washington had
noted Belestre was a braggart and it is possible the Ensign not only impressed the Cherokee as a soldier but as
one able to procure better gifts from the French. His Father, Captain Francois Marie Picoté de Belestre, was popular among the Indians of the Pays d’en Hautxi and may have been known to the Cherokee as the leader of the
French and Indians who captured Fort Vause in southwest Virginia the previous year.xii
When Governor Dinwiddie sent £240 to Atkins for “the scalps and prisoner bro’t in by the Swallow’s Party”, paying
£30 per scalp “to make them thoroughly satisfied.”xiii It appears that by July 16 “the Indians having made no demand” the £240 was saved and given to Christopher Gist to pay for Wampum & Silver Ware for trade in Maryland
and Pennsylvania.xiv Thus It may be that the “Swallow’s Party” and Wawahachy were dissatisfied and left for their
village with their new chief.
Over a year later, 24 September 1758, Col Henry Bouquet reported that he had heard that Belestre was “still with
the Cherokees” and that “The Governor of Virginia and Carolina made them offers of considerable sums, and presents for his ransom, but the Cherokees having lost in that occasion one of their chiefs refused absolutely then to
release him.”xv
Captain Francois-Marie Belestre reported that his son Francois-Louis convinced the tribes to abandon the British
side and join with the French. He said that Ensign Belestre remained with them for five years during which time
“they have captured a fort on the Cherokee River, where there was a garrison of 500 men; they defeated on three
occasions Major Grand and have ravaged all the settlements of Virginia and Carolina. This same son led a number
of chiefs of different villages to Monsieur Neyon [de Villiers], commandant in Illinois [i.e. at Fort de Chartres], where
they made peace with the Indians of Illinois and Missouri. This commandant gave him fifty men to return to Cherokee country and to continue the war against the English.”xvi Thus it appears that Belestre fought with the Cherokee
through the Anglo–Cherokee War which broke out in 1758 and ended in 1761. Some of the Cherokee who were
“convinced to abandon the British side” were forty men of the village of Estatoe (the village of the deceased Swallow Warrior) who had launched an unsuccessful attack on Fort Ninety Six in Carolina on Feb 2 and 3 of 1760. One
of the Chiefs who led these pro-French Cherokee Indians was Wawahachy who had led the Cherokee north to
help the British in 1757 and led the Cherokee south from Winchester with Belestre after his interrogation.xvii
By 1762 Francois-Louis Picoté de Belestre was stationed back at Fort de Chartres serving as an ensign in the garrison. The fort was a stone fort enclosing an area of 4 acres which served as military, diplomatic and administrative
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Day Illinois. Fort de Chartres was most valuable as a center of Indian diplomacy attracting multiple tribal delegations
from Lake Michigan southward for official parleys and the distribution of diplomatic presents. The fort dispatched marines, militiamen, and Indian allies to raid English settlements in Virginia and Pennsylvania. On 3 April 1762 Francois
Louis married Joachime- Hyacinthe de Villers, Jumonville's niece, at Fort de Chartres.xviii
In 1763 the Treaty of Paris was signed following the Seven Years’ War (French and
Indian War). The French agreed to transfer
control of the Illinois country (Eastern Louisiana) to Great Britain and most of Western
Louisiana to Spain. With the Royal Proclamation of 1763 the British Crown declared
almost all of the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River
from Florida to Newfoundland an Indian
Reserve. On April 4, 1765 Ensign Bellestre
met with the Illinois, Missouri, and Osage
Chiefs to report the cession of Eastern Louisiana to the British. French settlers were
ordered to leave or get a special license to
remain in British territory.
Many French settlers moved west across
the Mississippi to the newly founded village
of St. Louis. Among them were FrancoisLouis Picoté de Belestre and his wife Joachime. The Spanish did not take official
control of St Louis until May 1770. Don
Marriage record of Francois-Louis Picote de Belestre and Joachime– Hyacinthe de Villers
Francois- Louie, as he later was sometimes
called, became a wealthy and respected citizen among the French settlers of St. Louis, one of the city’s original aristocrats.
After the official entry of Spain into the American Revolutionary War in June 1779 on the side of the Americans and
the French, the British began preparing an invasion to attack St. Louis. However, St. Louis was warned of the plans,
and residents began to fortify the town. On May 26, 1780, British and Indian forces attacked the town of St. Louis in
what is known as “The Battle of Fort San Carlos” which is the only battle of the American Revolution fought west of
the Mississippi. However, the British forces were forced to retreat due to the fortifications and strong resistance by
the French settlers and their slaves. One of the leaders of those French settlers and hero of the battle was FrancoisLouis Picoté de Belestre, still fighting the English as he had been doing since he was a teenager.xix
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Sir William Johnson Papers, 7: 281.
Beckwith, H. W., ed. Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library. Vol. I. Springfield: The H.W. Rokker Company, 1903. See Aubry’s report concerning the building
of Fort Massac. Aubry's Account of the Illinois Country, 1763 [Dartmouth MSS., 510 — C];De Villiers du Terrage, Les dernieres annees de la Louisiane franqaise, 179,
190, n. 2, 205.
WP2, George Washington to John Stanwix, 20 June 1757.
WP2, George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 21 June 1757.
WP2, George Washington to John Stanwix, 21 June 1757.
WP4, John Stanwix to George Washington, 22 June 1757.
www.cmhg-phmc.gc.ca Canadian Military History Gateway, Vol. 2, 1755-1871 The French take Fort William Henry.
Archives Nationale, Paris, C11A/105.
The Correspondence of Governor Sharp Vol 6 pp 557-563, D. Wolstenholme and J. Ridout to Sharpe, 25 May 1757.
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Vol IV, Picoté De Belestre, Francois Marie
Douglas Southall Freeman, Washington, Vol 2, p.212 Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY, 1948.
Robert Dinwiddie to Edmond Atkin, 20 June 1757.
Amherst papers, Edith Mays Editor, Heritage Books 1999, Bowie Md. 29
B.M., Add. MSS. 21652, f. 71, Df. Col Henry Bouquet to the Commander of Fort Duquesne
Archives Nationale, Paris. C11A/105
<http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1760_-_British_expedition_against_the_Cherokee_Indians>
Marthe Faribault-Beauregard, La Population des Forts Francais, Vol. 2 pg 229.
New Spain and the Anglo-American West (Los Angeles 19320), Vol. I, 259-261
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Congratulations Carl Ekberg!
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G . WA S H I N G T O N ’ S B I R T H D AY
On your new book publication!
Following David's remarks were a round of “toasts,” to our
Col. Washington.
This was led by our most distinguished guest, Col. James
Wood (a.k.a. Steve Resan),
"It was gratifying to see so many come to honor
Col. Washington who could not be present as he
was in Williamsburg beginning his first term in the
House of Burgesses. I gave a toast to our gracious
sovereign King George reminding all that were it
not for the British soldiers, supplies and money
sent by the king we could not have vanquished our
French and Indian Enemies."
and followed by member, Michael Rea in honor of the new
Fort Loudoun Room.
The meeting concluded with a final toast by Carl Ekberg
with the quote from Joseph Madrillon, who met George
Washington.
A few more photos….
From the Celebration
In most tellings, the story of St. Louis’s early days features
the fur traders Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau
hacking a city out of wilderness with irresistible élan.
St. Louis Rising overturns such gauzy myths with the
contrarian thesis that French government officials and
institutions shaped and structured early village society. Of
such officials, none did more than Louis St. Ange de
Bellerive. As Carl J. Ekberg and Sharon K. Person show,
St. Ange’s commitment to the Bourbon monarchy and to
civil tranquility made him the prime mover as St. Louis
emerged during the tumult that followed the French and
Indian War.
Drawing on a wealth of new source materials, Ekberg and
Person reexamine the complexities of politics, Indian
affairs, marriage customs, slavery, and material culture
that characterized the 1760’s. Their alternative version of
the oft-told tale of St Louis’s founding places the event
within the context of Illinois Country society. Vividly depicting life in a colonial outpost, St. Louis Rising provides
a trove of new information on everything from the fur
trade to the arrival of the British and Spanish in the aftermath of the Seven Years’ War-and explodes the many
histories that rely on Chouteau’s self aggrandizing
recollections.
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Norman Baker
Jim Moyer & Fay Dutton
Our wonderful Servers
“Happiness and
moral duty are
inseparably
connected.”
Jim Moyer & Col. Wood (aka
Steve Resan)
-George Washington
A quote on one of the walls at George’s
From the Annual Meeting
Some of our Board with our Speaker
Pat Murphy, Susan Emmart, Paul Mesnick, Alan Morrison,
Steve Resan, Carl Ekberg, Jim Shipp & Linda Ross
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THE 2015 BOARD
Board meetings are the 1st Tuesday of
each month at 5:30 pm.
President, Linda Q. Ross
Vice President, David Grosso
Treasurer, Jim Shipp
Secretary, Alan Morrison
Historian, Norman Baker
Dr. Carl Ekberg
Susan Emmart
R. Patrick Murphy
Steve Resan
Committee Chairs
Education & Outreach,
Susan Emmart
Membership, David Grosso
Finance, Jim Shipp
Development/Fundraising,
Our Board
Building & Grounds,
Jim Shipp & Linda Ross
Please forward this form to:
By-Laws, Steve Resan
The French and Indian War
Foundation
Hospitality, Suzanne Baker,
Susan Emmart, Karen Shipp
P.O. Box 751
Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 665-2046
www.FIWF.org
Call for Committee Members!
If you have ideas, time or resources
we need your help. If you could serve
on any of the above committees,
please call Linda Ross at 665-2046.
D r. C o n r a d J . C h r i s t i a n s o n , J r.
We lost a very good friend to our
Foundation, Dr. Conrad J. Christianson,
Jr., on Feb. 27th in Winchester. Conrad
was pastor at Bethel Lutheran Church in
Frederick County for thirty years and was
presently serving that church as Pastor
Emeritus. He was very active in our community, being one of the founders of
CCAP in 1975, a member of the Sons of
the American Revolution, and a long-time member and "Soldier"
of our Foundation. He rarely missed one of our events, and
during his final hospitalization made it a point to say he would
not be able to attend our Washington's Birthday celebration, for
which he had made a reservation. A true gentleman and so very
kind, Conrad will be missed by all.
Our Historian Norman Baker has been
invited to attend the “70th Anniversary
Reunion of Honor,” March 16-23 on
Guam and Iwo Jima. This will include
the “Reunion of Honor Banquet” on
Guam on March 20 and a Memorial
Service on the beaches of Iwo Jima on
March 21. During ceremonies in
Washington, DC at the Iwo Jima
Memorial on February 19, marking the
first day of the assault on Iwo Jima,
there were only 27 survivors participating.
Upon his return from the Pacific events, he will be interviewed regarding his experiences with Braddock’s Road on
Sunday, March 29 at the Lyceum House in Alexandria as
part of the Carlyle House “Braddock Day Symposium,”
following a “Re-enactors Muster” at the Carlyle House
Historic Park the day before, March 28.
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Bus Tour to Fort Necessity National Battlefield
You are invited to join us on a bus tour to the Fort Necessity
National Battlefield. Departing from Winchester and traveling
along portions of Braddock’s Road, we will stop at the site of Fort
Cumberland. At the Battlefield, we will visit the splendid visitors’
center and the reconstruction of George Washington’s Fort
Necessity and eat lunch. On our return to Winchester, we will stop
at Jumonville Glen and visit other portions of Braddock’s Road.
The tour will be narrated by Norman L. Baker, the foremost
historian of Braddock’s Road.
Saturday April 25, 2015
Box lunch provided
Park entrance fee included
Optional ranger-guided
Tour $2.00
We will begin at the Food Lion, Rt. 522 North of Winchester at Sunnyside at
8:00am, retuning to Food Lion 5:00 pm
“The French and Indian War
Foundation
preserves and interprets the
colonial history of the
Virginia frontier.”
$50.00 per person $45.00 if reservation paid for by 4/4/2015
Respond to Alan Morrison 540-667-5978 [email protected]
Space is limited! Call now!
“Preserving and Interpreting the
Colonial History of the Virginia Frontier”
frenchandindianwarfoundation.org
French and Indian War Foundation
Box 751
Winchester, VA 22604