SEMINAR SCHEDULE Due to the unprecedented impact of Covid 19, we are holding a “virtual seminar” this year. All presentations will be online and hosted at Fort Ligonier, where a live panel will also gather for Saturday’s final session. Upon registration, you will be sent a link to log in to the online session that start at 10 AM on Saturday. We have reduced the registration fees accordingly, but want you to know that all proceeds above the costs of this event will be presents the 32nd Annual... donated to our partner historic sites: Jumonville, Fort Ligonier, the Braddock’s Battlefield History Center, and Fort Necessity National Battlefield. With loss of visitor revenues, this year more than ever, it is vitally important that we do so. 2020 Friday Night Teaser - November 6, 2020 7:00 pm We will post info on speakers, book sales, and support options for French & our partner history sites to our BRPA Facebook page at 7:00 pm. After that we will launch a virtual tour of the Braddock Road from Indian War Fort Necessity. Saturday - Nov. 7, 2020 Seminar 10:00 am Opening Remarks by Dr. Walter Powell in 10:15 am 1st Session - Dr. Michael McConnell - Topic - The Treaty of Easton and the Forbes Campaign: Some Considerations “Virtual” Format 11:00 am Follow-up panel discussion with Dr. Erica Nuckles and Doug Cubbison th Saturday, November 7 11:15 pm Announcements and Logistics www.braddockroadpa.org 11:30 pm Lunch Break 1:00 pm 2nd Session - Colonel Sam Russell, Topic - Coulon de Villiers Family 1:45 pm Follow-up panel discussion with Dr. David Preston, Dr Walter Powell, Colonel Sam Russell, and Brian Reedy 2:00 pm Closing Remarks

REGISTRATION FORM AND WAIVER ARE ON BACK SIDE Register online @ braddockroadpa.org/seminar/online-registration/ A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNER HISTORICAL SITES FOR HELPING TO MAKE THIS YEAR’S VIRTUAL OUR SEMINAR SPEAKERS SEMINAR A REALITY Dr. Michael McConnell Michael is History Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama--Birmingham. A native of Western Pennsylvania with a lifetime interest in the French and Indian War, he is the author of “A Country Between: The Upper Ohio Valley and Its People, 1724- 1774” (Nebraska, 1992), “Army & Empire: British Soldiers on the American Frontier, 1758-1775” (Nebraska, 2004), and forthcoming “To Risk It All: General Forbes, the Capture of Fort Duquesne, and the Course of Empire in the Ohio Country” (University of Pittsburgh Press, Oct. 2020).

Colonel Samuel Russell Colonel Sam Russell(USA, Ret) had 29 years of active service with the United States Army. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, the Army’s Command and General Staff College, and the Army War College. He is the editor of “Coulon de Villiers: An Elite Military Family of New France (Russell Martial Research,: 2018).

2020 BRPA HISTORY SEMINAR REGISTRATION FORM Send form and fees to: History Seminar, 455 Jumonville Rd., Hopwood, PA 15445 Name: Address: City, State and Zip: Phone: ( ) This is my __work # __ Cell # __ home # E-mail:  Please reserve places for the virtual seminar. If reserved by October 24th __ @ $40/household __ @ $20/student If reserved after October 24th __ @ $50/household __ @ $25/student School (if student):  I am making a contribution of $ ______Enclosed is $ ______in total fees. Make checks payable to: “Braddock Road Preservation Association.” REFUND POLICY: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT No refunds will be granted within two weeks of the start of the event.