Just up from Hagan's Tavern is this monument that shows Braddock, Washington and an unidentified soldier of the French and Indian War; I muse that it could represent Zetta's grandfather: Pvt Valentine Crawford (who would serve Washington as his Wagonmaster--a Colonel); or perhaps his brother William who would die tormented at the stake in Ohio 20 years later as the commanding officer of Fort Pitt? He had made a foray against the natives who fought for the British. Perhaps her grandfather wagoneer Daniel Boone who traveled with his teamster Findley, and would serve Washington as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1780 against the British in Kentucky County. I wonder what it was like when Braddock's Expedition was routed be the French and Indians. I know Boone escaped and our kids must be thankful for that!
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