Plum in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Forbes Road

Bouquet's Breastworks

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, March 13, 2011

1. Forbes Road Bouquet's Breastworks Marker

Inscription. The last base of General Forbes' army. After crossing nearly “two hundred miles of wild and unknown country,” the army entered Fort Duquesne on November 25, 1758.

Erected 1952 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, French and Indian. In addition, it is included in the Forbes Road, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is November 1943.

Location. 40° 27.599′ N, 79° 45.165′ W. Marker is in Plum, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is on Old Frankstown Road (Pennsylvania Route 2066) 0.3 miles east of Center Road, on the right when traveling west. Located on the grounds of the Boyce Park Administration Building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 675 Old Frankstown Rd, Pittsburgh PA 15239, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North

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America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: William D. Boyce (approx. 0.4 miles away); Old Cross Roads Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.9 miles away); George Westinghouse (approx. 1.9 miles away); Nikola Tesla (approx. 1.9 miles away); Old Stone Church Flag Plaza (approx. 1.9 miles away); Monroeville Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); McGinley House (approx. 2.4 miles away); Watering Trough (approx. 2.4 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. French and Indian War: Brigadier General John Forbes' Expedition. By James P. Myers, Military History, Dec. 2001. (Submitted on March 14, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.)

2. General John Forbes at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on March 16, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, March 13, 2011

2. Forbes Road Bouquet's Breastworks Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 2,491 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 14, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.