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Sunday, August 25, 2019
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Beautiful Photos From Annual Bushy Run Battle Reenactment
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I wanted to share with you some awesome photos I was able to capture a couple weekends ago at Bushy Run Battlefield located in Jeannette, PA, Penn Township. Over the hill is also the small town of Bouquet named after you guessed it, Colonel Henry Bouquet of the British Army. Bouquet led the fight at Bushy Run. The defeat of the Natives changed history in this area.
The Laurel Highlands to Pittsburgh are full of history. From rural Bedford, PA to Fort Ligonier down to Forbes Road and Bushy Run and so much in between and beyond. I challenge you to take yourself and or your kids on an American history ride. I was lucky to have a grandfather who took us on rides and explained our rich Pennsylvania history. I was also very lucky to hold and touch history as he was a superb antique dealer.
America loves to rebuild. Unfortunately, we have lost a lot of history demolishing buildings. I was wowed in England. The preserved history is remarkable. I hope more and more people realize there are some buildings, land and objects which should stay preserved as these places and things have a significant mark on American and Native history. I would also like to add the impact the settlers had on erasing Native history in my area. I will not speak on others areas. There were many tribes and frankly my backyard may very well have artifacts hidden in the ground. However in my travels with my Grandfather it was not common to come across Native items. I have held beautiful blankets and wood wares. I have held a man's head dress. It was gorgeous. The craftmanship and beauty were astounding.
As we have learned more than one person came across the ocean and "discovered," America. Technology has opened Native history. Some say there were thousands of tribes and millions of people. It was not desolate like old history books seem to play things out. A complex population was invaded and just like so many countries in history, war broke out. The idea of Natives being one population united is far from the truth. If they were one nation history probably would have been very different. I think everyone would have been dead or scrambled back to England. More is also being published on the complex relationships Natives had with the Pilgrims, French, British and American Colonists and beyond as America grew. However American history books up until recently fluffed over the cruel extermination of a population. It saddens me Native heritage is not more woven into American history. I, myself have Native history lost in my family.
I wanted to share with you some awesome photos I was able to capture a couple weekends ago at Bushy Run Battlefield located in Jeannette, PA, Penn Township. Over the hill is also the small town of Bouquet named after you guessed it, Colonel Henry Bouquet of the British Army. Bouquet led the fight at Bushy Run. The defeat of the Natives changed history in this area.
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The Laurel Highlands to Pittsburgh are full of history. From rural Bedford, PA to Fort Ligonier down to Forbes Road and Bushy Run and so much in between and beyond. I challenge you to take yourself and or your kids on an American history ride. I was lucky to have a grandfather who took us on rides and explained our rich Pennsylvania history. I was also very lucky to hold and touch history as he was a superb antique dealer.
America loves to rebuild. Unfortunately, we have lost a lot of history demolishing buildings. I was wowed in England. The preserved history is remarkable. I hope more and more people realize there are some buildings, land and objects which should stay preserved as these places and things have a significant mark on American and Native history. I would also like to add the impact the settlers had on erasing Native history in my area. I will not speak on others areas. There were many tribes and frankly my backyard may very well have artifacts hidden in the ground. However in my travels with my Grandfather it was not common to come across Native items. I have held beautiful blankets and wood wares. I have held a man's head dress. It was gorgeous. The craftmanship and beauty were astounding.
As we have learned more than one person came across the ocean and "discovered," America. Technology has opened Native history. Some say there were thousands of tribes and millions of people. It was not desolate like old history books seem to play things out. A complex population was invaded and just like so many countries in history, war broke out. The idea of Natives being one population united is far from the truth. If they were one nation history probably would have been very different. I think everyone would have been dead or scrambled back to England. More is also being published on the complex relationships Natives had with the Pilgrims, French, British and American Colonists and beyond as America grew. However American history books up until recently fluffed over the cruel extermination of a population. It saddens me Native heritage is not more woven into American history. I, myself have Native history lost in my family.
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