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145th Commemoration of the Battle and Massacre of Wyoming
July 4, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Free
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023, the Luzerne County Historical Society will once agan be attending the 145nd Commemoration of the Battle and Massacre at Wyoming, held each year at the Wyoming Monument at 10am, hosted by the Wyoming Commemorative Association.
The Battle of Wyoming took place during the Revolutionary War on July 3, 1778. The British worked with members of the Native American Seneca tribe on this campaign. The Americans, led by Zebulon Butler (1731-1795) and Nathan Denison (1740-1809), reportedly suffered more than 200 casualties in the battle out of their force of approximately 375.
Nathan Denison negotiated the capitulation to the British, which will be re-enacted on July 4th at the Denison House at 1:30 and 3 p.m. Although the Battle of Wyoming was a British victory, it led George Washington (1732-1799) to send a counter-offensive in 1779, which was successful in removing Native Americans from the Susquehanna, Mohawk and Allegheny valleys.