Shirley McMarlin | Tribune-Review
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Fort Ligonier’s Cannon Ball Online Auction and Party to Go received a 2021 Special Achievement Award from PA Museums, an independent statewide museum association that supports the Pennsylvania museum community.
Usually an in-person event, the Cannon Ball was restructured in September due to pandemic gathering restrictions.
It featured an online auction of items such as print No. 2 of Chas Fagan’s painting, “Flash Point,” and packaged hors d’oeuvres by Vallozzi’s.
Fort staff dressed in period clothing to provide curbside pickup service of Party to Go packages on Sept. 18.
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Leslie Rossi, the Unity woman who created the Trump House, stands outside the White House where she was an invited guest last August when President Donald Trump accepted the party’s nomination to seek for re-election.
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Leslie Baum Rossi of Unity was chosen Saturday to be the Republican candidate in the May 18 special election to fill the vacancy in the 59th District State House seat created by the death of Mike Reese. Rossi, the sixth person from the left, was greeted by supporters outside the special meeting of Republican conferees in Ligonier.
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• Reality and roast: Upcoming online shows from Arcade Comedy Theater include:
• An American Roast, 9 p.m. Friday on YouTube. The roast game show will poke fun at the nation’s history.
• The Latchkey Kids: Reality Still Bites, 9 p.m. Saturday on YouTube Live. The monthly Arcade improv show will be an ally-production of Black History Month with special guests, musicians and improv inspired by the 1990s.
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• Sky’s the limit: Pittsburgh writer and skyscraper tour guide Mark Houser will give a Zoom lecture on “America’s Best Antique Skyscrapers” at 6 p.m. Thursday, hosted by Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. Houser will share his own photos of Beaux-Arts features of high-rises around the country, along with details about the early millionaires who commissioned them.
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Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
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On April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn into office as the first president of the United States. His birthday of Feb. 22 became a federal holiday that gave way to the modern Presidents Day.
He had many things in common with the other 44 men whose roles we observe today.
Like him, seven others were born in Virginia. There were 11 other slave owners. Eleven either farmed or grew up on farms. Twenty-five were in the military, and 11 were generals. He contracted smallpox like Abraham Lincoln. Twelve served two full terms. He was married 40 years, until his death widowed his wife, like Franklin Roosevelt and Zachary Taylor.
A new WQED documentary provides insight to these historic battlefield sites.
âOut of the Woods: Battlefields of Western Pennsylvaniaâ premieres Thursday, Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. on WQED.
In the mid-1700s, the worldâs two greatest military powers, France and Great Britain, focused their attention on western Pennsylvania. The French were seeking Native American trade partners in a land of abundant natural resources, while the British were looking to colonize. This set the stage for a world war with key battlefields in the Pittsburgh region.
With stunning photography and fascinating interviews, the 30-minute documentary takes viewers to historic sites including Fort Ligonier, Fort Necessity, Fort Pitt, Bushy Run Battlefield, Braddockâs Battlefield, and historic Hannaâs Town.