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- Title
The Kittanning Destroyed Medal.
- Authors
DOWNING, BRANDON C.
- Abstract
The article discusses the Kittanning Destroyed Medal, a silver military medal presented to Pennsylvania Colonel John Armstrong for his actions in retaliating against Native Americans in the city of Kittanning during the French and Indian War. The article provides a description of the engravings on the medal, which include an image of a burning Indian village and the coats of arms for the Philadelphia Corporation. The article also discusses how the medal has been reproduced for various commemorative ceremonies and dates, provides a history of the dies used to cast the medal, and explores the medal's significance as a symbol of the colonists' violent relations with Native American groups in Pennsylvania.
- Subjects
KITTANNING (Pa.); PENNSYLVANIA; ARMSTRONG, John, 1717-1795; MILITARY decorations; NATIVE Americans; ENGRAVING (Metalwork); DIES (Metalworking); PENNSYLVANIA state history; FRENCH &; Indian War, 1754-1763
- Publication
Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography, 2012, Vol 136, Issue 4, p478
- ISSN
0031-4587
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5215/pennmaghistbio.136.4.0478