Battle of Point Pleasant's 250th anniversary events ongoing in Mason County, Huntington
This is an undated photo of a monument at Point Pleasant Battle Monument State Park, called Tu-Endie-Wei Park locally, in Point Pleasant, Mason County. The monument commemorates the Battle of Point Pleasant — the main event in Lord Dunmore's War — that occurred on Oct. 10, 1774. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Email Print Save
The 250th anniversary of the Battle of Point Pleasant will be observed this weekend and next week with a series of events during the annual Battle Days commemoration at Point Pleasant’s Tu-Endie-Wei State Park and a three-day conference at Marshall University.
This is an undated photo of a monument at Point Pleasant Battle Monument State Park, called Tu-Endie-Wei Park locally, in Point Pleasant, Mason County. The monument commemorates the Battle of Point Pleasant — the main event in Lord Dunmore's War — that occurred on Oct. 10, 1774.
The Battle of Point Pleasant, fought on Oct. 10, 1774, pitted about 1,000 Virginia Militia soldiers led by Col. Andrew Lewis against a somewhat smaller force of Shawnee and allied warriors led by Cornstalk, the Shawnee chief.
This statue of a Virginia frontiersman is part of a monument at Point Pleasant Battle Monument State Park in Mason County. The monument commemorates the Battle of Point Pleasant — the main event in Dunmore’s War — which occurred in 1774.
