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Clash of Empires: The British, French, and Indian War, 1754-1763:
Introduction and Overview
Artifacts: Bronze guns and mortars; flags of France and Great Britain; Robert Griffing's painting, General Braddock's Defeat; reproduction birchbark canoe portaged by life-size Gerry Embleton figures of an Iroquois man and a French trader; a Celeron lead plate; early Native American clothing, guns, and tomahawks.
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George Washington and the Start of the French and Indian War.
Artifacts / Exhibit Focus: Embleton's life-size figures of the Tanaghrisson, the Half King and George Washington; the painting of Christopher Gist and George Washington crossing the Allegheny on a raft; the death of Jumonville leads to the Battle of Fort Necessity in the Great Meadows; the actual document signed by George Washington, admitting assassination of Jumonville.
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Frontier Warfare
Artifacts / Exhibit Focus: Model of Fort Duquesne; the story of John Bush, African American powderhorn carver (a life-size Embleton figure); displays of powderhorns, mustkets, and swords; Benjamin West's painting of Sir William Johnson saving a French officer from the British-allied Indians; the role of Benjamin Franklin in procuring wagons for General Edward Braddock's army; the story of Braddock's defeat; George Washington's miraculous survival; artifacts from General Braddock's wagon train; contrasting styles of warfare of the British soldier and Huron Indian; the war club and other typical weapons of the American Indian; the Kittanning medal, the earliest known American military medal; the significance of the gorget; George Washington's mess plate, knife, and fork.
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The French and Indian War as a Global Conflict
Artifacts / Exhibit Focus: The fight for Canada; 1759 boat model; map representing battle with Montcalm; the death of General Wolfe; aftermath of the battle in Quebec; Lord Geoffrey Amherst, collector of native American objects, noted for giving smallpox-infected blankets to Indians; a life-like Embleton figure of a British sailor toasting victory; victory bowls; a painting of a battle involving 200,000 men in what is today the Czech republic; war elephants in India; war in Africa and Cuba; Winston Churchill called it the "First World War."
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A Peace Treaty Is Signed in Paris in 1763; What Follows in America.
Artifacts / Exhibit Focus: Benjamin West's painting of a tearful separation as captives are repatriated; Embleton figure of a young white girl with her Indian doll; George Washington acquires land in Western Pennsylvania; Washington's compass and pewter secretary; small objects – lead shot, wampum beads, buttons, and thimbles recovered from Fort Pitt; two Charles Wilson Peale paintings of George Washington, one wearing General Braddock's sash, another showing gorget modified from British emblem to US seal; Mercer's silver-hilted officer's sword and a painting depicting his death; the surrender of British troops at Yorktown; the relationship of the French and Indian War to the American Revolutionary War.
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