Forbes Road - Washington & Bouquet Meeting
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 51.209 W 078° 37.589
17S E 703044 N 4414192
Near this site on July 30, 1758, Cols. Bouquet and Washington discussed proposed routes by which Gen. Forbes’ army would attack French Ft. Duquesne.
Waymark Code: WM129Y1
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2020
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Forbes Road - Washington & Bouquet Meeting- Near this site on July 30, 1758, Cols. Bouquet and Washington discussed proposed routes by which Gen. Forbes’ army would attack French Ft. Duquesne. Bouquet preferred the route due west from Bedford, while Washington advocated Braddock’s 1755 road to the south. Forbes himself chose the route from Bedford, and as a result occupied the ruins of Ft. Duquesne on Nov. 25, 1758. Forbes Road encouraged subsequent westward expansion through Pa.
Marker Name: Forbes Road - Washington & Bouquet Meeting
County: Bedford
Date Dedicated: 07/26/2008
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Bedford Valley Rd. (Rt. 220) near Providence Lutheran Church, 2 miles N of Centerville
Category: French & Indian War, George Washington, Military, Roads
Website: Not listed
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