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Friday, December 28, 2012

December 2013 - Conestoga Massacre @ 250

 
I hope you've had a chance to read through Benjamin Franklin's 28 page booklet about the Conestoga Massacre in December 1763. Considering all that was going on in the 13 colonies at that time - more than a decade before the Declaration of Independence was signed - even the most disinterested reader should get some sense of the impact this event had, not only at that time but also in the years to follow.
 
If Ben thought it was that important, so should any student of American history.

 
 
Above: Benjamin Franklin's Gravesite in Philadelphia
 

Next December will mark the 250th anniversary of the Conestoga Massacre. Plans are already underway in Lancaster, PA to commemorate this event with a conference on December 13 & 14.
 
I will wrap-up my annual tribute to the Susquehannocks in the next few days.
  
  

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