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The Sullivan Expedition Of 1779

September 11, 2026

On Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 6:30 p.m., Historic Rock Fords Untold Stories of the American Revolution Lecture Series will welcome Mary Ann Levine as she presents Indigenous Peoples and the American Revolution: The Sullivan Expedition of 1779. In the late summer of 1779, under direct orders from George Washington, General John Sullivan led an army of several thousand men on a campaign against the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee. The goal of the campaign was to break the Confederacys ability to support and supply British forces; the tactic deployed was to destroy food stores, burn villages, and drive the Haudenosaunee out of both Pennsylvania and New York. During the Sullivan expedition and its aftermath, an estimated 50 to 60 percent of the Haudenosaunee died from direct military violence, disease, starvation, and exposure. In the early 20th century, dozens of memorials to the Sullivan campaign were erected over hundreds of miles of Sullivans march. This talk explores the Sullivan expedition, the memorialization of the campaign through commemorative markers in Pennsylvania and New York, the Seneca village of Catharines Town, and the ways that Indigenous peoples are reframing the narrative around the campaign. This presentation will be held in the Langmuir Education Room on the first floor of the Rock Ford Barn. Admission is for the lecture and does not include the Snyder Gallery. General admission tickets are $10 and may be purchased at www.HistoricRockFord.org/special-events. Historic Rock Ford is located at 881 Rock Ford Road, Lancaster, Pa. Mary Ann Levine is the Lewis Audenreid Professor of History and Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology at Franklin and Marshall College.
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