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Ligonier, Pa |
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Straight Ahead 2008
marks its
Originally known as the |
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Fort Ligonier ramparts |
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Cannons and covered wagons |
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Reconstructed Ft Ligonier structures include a hospital, saw mill, smokehouse, bake ovens, a forge and log dwelling |
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Fort Ligonier Museum |
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Entrance to Ft. Ligonier museum |
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Cast bronze artillery includes eight-inch howitzers, Coehorn mortars, six pounders and pack howitzers |
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Woven fencing of the period |
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Log structures |
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Bake ovens |
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This monument marks the site of Fort Ligonier. It was built in 1758 during the French and Indian War by Colonel Henry Bouquet and named by his commander, General John Forbes, in honor of Sir John Ligonier, Commander in Chief of the British Armies. The first fort built west of the Alleghenies by the Anglo-Saxon race, it has the distinction of never having been surrendered to an enemy. Erected by the William Kenly
Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution |
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The Century Chain's links are similar to, but
slightly larger than those of the Great Chain spanning the Hudson
River at West Point during the American Revolution. The Century
Chain includes iron smelted at one of the old iron furnaces in
Ligonier Valley. |
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British artillery at the museum entrance |
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TRIA IUNCTA IN UNO A REGE ET VICTORIA |
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HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE DIEU ET MONDROIT |
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“The
Hermitage” was Arthur St. Clair´s Ligonier Valley estate, located
approximately 2 miles north of Ligonier. The
Township of St.
Clair was named for General Arthur St. Clair. |
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Erie Maritime Museum & Brig Niagara Fort Necessity & National Road Museum |
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Landscape
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