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February 19, 2024 | 1:30 pm

Saegertown Heritage Society Museum, 320 Broad Street, Saegertown, PA

Begin with an overview of George Washington’s 1753 trip to Fort Le Boeuf, concentrating on the Saegertown area.  Meet at 1:30 at the Saegertown Heritage Society Museum, 320 Broad Street for a short walk around the borough, stopping at several locations to hear about connections to Washington.  At 3 PM the new interpretive sign will be dedicated. It is one of four in western Pennsylvania and located at Iron Bridge Park, overlooking French Creek. Upon a return to the museum have a slice of cherry pie in celebration of GW’s birthday and Presidents’ Day. 

February 18, 2024 | 12:00 pm

Fort LeBoeuf, Waterford, PA. Contact Ft. LeBoeuf Historical Society for more information.

February 24, 2024

Jennings Environmental Center, 2951 Prospect Road Slippery Rock, PA 16057-5023

Timed event. Registration required. Seven mile long hike commemorating George Washington’s birthday and the Virginia Colony mission demanding French withdrawal from British territory that precipitated the French and Indian/Seven Years War.  Shorter hikes also available. $3 cash donation requested.

Visit https://events.dcnr.pa.gov/calendar/day/2024/2/24 for more information and to reserve your time.

April 18, 2024 | 8:30 am

Butler Country Club, 310 Country Club Rd, Butler, PA 16002

Plan to attend for a day of excellent speakers, engaging vendors, networking, plus lunch, and more!
Information on speakers.

February 25, 2023 | 9:00 am

Jennings Environmental Education Center, Slippery Rock, PA

Co-sponsored by Washington’s Trail 1753, Butler Chapter of the North Country Trail Association, Harmony Museum, Butler County Tourism and Convention Bureau, North Country Brewing, and Jennings Environmental Education Center.

20th Annual George Washington Cherry Pike Hike. Timed hikes beginning at 9 AM and throughout the day. Choose from a 7-mile hike on the North Country Trail, two nature walks in the state park, and six history hikes featuring a reenactment of the musket shot the almost killed George Washington when he was just 21 years old. Participants can also interact with history authors Jason Cherry and Brady Crytzer, visit with French and Indian War reenactors to learn about their clothing and equipment, and enjoy a piece of cherry pie. Reservations are required and a $3 cash donation is requested at the door. To register for the hike of your choice, go to: Cherry Pie Hike Registration.

February 20, 2023 | 11:00 am

Saegertown Museum, 320 Broad Street, Saegertown, PA

Sponsored by Saegertown Heritage Society.

Meet at the Museum at 320 Broad Street, Saegertown, PA 16433 for the 2nd Annual George Washington Cherry Pie Hike, a guided walk to visit close-by spots in Saegertown associated with young George Washington and his 1753 delivery of a key letter to the commandant at Fort LeBoeuf at Waterford, further upstream along French Creek. The hike will conclude with refreshments including, of course, cherry pie and other treats. Free, reservations not required. For more information, contact the event sponsor, ph. (814) 763-4101.

February 19, 2023 | 12:00 pm

Fort LeBoeuf, 103 South High St., Waterford, PA

Sponsored by Fort LeBoeuf Historical Society.

Meet at Noon at Fort LeBoeuf French & Indian War Museum,103 South High St., Waterford, PA 16441. Choose between the long walk [3 miles], leaving from the George Washington Statue at 12:15 & traveling out to the historic covered bridge, and through the cemetery [stopping briefly at the gravesite of Micheal Hare]; or the short walk [1 mile], leaving from the George Washington Statue at 12:25 & making a loop throughout the town where the host will point out the historic sites & homes dotted along the walk. Complimentary refreshments of Cherry Pie & hot beverages will be served at the end of each walk. Questions: email Donald Pearce, or text (814) 860-0221.

April 20, 2023 | 9:00 am

Butler Country Club, 310 Country Club Rd, Butler, PA 16002

You won’t want to miss this! Forts to be highlighted include Necessity (Brian Reedy), Pitt (Brady Crytzer), Ligonier (Matt Gault), Machault / Venango (Bill Black), LeBoeuf (Richard Arthur), and Cumberland, MD (David Williams). The $60 registration fee includes a full day of speakers, vendors, networking, continental breakfast and lunch. Browse the vendors. Buy tickets for the Chinese Auction and win something! Pre-registration required. Doors open at 8 a.m.

The facility is fully accessible. Plenty of parking.

February 16, 2023 | 10:00 am

George Washington was a slave owner from age 11 when he inherited his first ten slaves. Learn how his view of slavery changed as he aged.

Hear from Mary V. Thompson, Research Historian Emerita at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, about George Washington and how his views of slavery changed. Thompson worked at Mt. Vernon for some 40 years, is the author of numerous papers on George Washington and has written three Washington related books:

• In the Hands of a Good Providence: Religion in the Life of George Washington,
• A Short Biography of Martha Washington, and
• “The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret”: George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon.

There will be time for Q&A.

Free!

March 15, 2023 | 10:00 am

EVENT CANCELLED – Staff at Washington’s Office are not available to present on March 15 and have cancelled the event. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Take a virtual tour of George Washington’s military office in Winchester, VA which was used from September 1755 through December 1756 while Fort Loudoun was being constructed.

Free.