Abstract
The name Braddock can be found from Northern Virginia to Western Pennsylvania on roads, parks, lakes, and communities although its namesake, British Gen. Edward Braddock, lived only a few months in that region.
At 61 years old, General Braddock arrived in America in March 1755as head ofthe largest military expedition in the British colonies at that time. His mission was to oust the French from Fort Duquesne at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers, opening the territory for British developers. His 300mile march from Alexandria, Virginia, to what is now Braddock, was a triumph of ingenuity and endurance.
Braddock, however, was dead four months later in the woods south ofUniontown, his retreating army in tatters. The magnitude of his defeat immortalized his name.