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bfhurricane t1_ixzibhx wrote

Oh good, I was looking for an excuse to drink today.

"Honey, pick up a case of IC Light, it's the 264th Anniversary of the founding of Fort Pitt by General Forbes!"

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orangevega t1_iy1ds5z wrote

Are you going to get something with alcohol in addition to the IC Light?

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Big_League227 t1_ixzhmbw wrote

And I will bet it was just as cloudy, rainy, and cold as today! LOL! 🤣

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Freed_lab_rat t1_ixzbcwc wrote

264 spankings, and a pinch to grow an inch!

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thereandfatagain t1_ixz7lmy wrote

We should celebrate Shannopin's Town on Native American Heritage Day.

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vonHindenburg t1_iy0oqyp wrote

Nobody at that time knew what the road on the right bank of the Allegheny was for or why they felt compelled to call it '28', but construction began nonetheless.

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weinermcgee t1_iy0xj2r wrote

And he planted a fold up chair to claim the land for the British.

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copperear t1_iy1t9p2 wrote

Wasn't Ft. Duquesne here first?

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chuckie512 OP t1_iy1yqdi wrote

Yeah, that was 1754, but we're not "Duquesnesburgh" :)

Shannopin's Town (in what is now Lawrenceville) predates that too (1720s)

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