Braddock's Tars: Common Sailors and the Braddock Expedition

A little-known party of 33 Royal Navy sailors marched with Braddock's army in the 1755 expedition to attack Fort Duquesne that ended in disastrous failure on the banks of the Monongahela. In “Braddock's Tars: Common Sailors and the Braddock Expedition,” author Kyle Dalton will use their story as a lens to look at the larger picture of common sailors in the British Atlantic World and tell us what we can learn from ordinary people in extraordinary situations. Tickets for this virtual event are $5 and can be bought on the Carlyle House Historic Park website.