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Free talk about Fort Frederick history set for October 15 in Shepherdstown

Historic Shepherdstown’s 2025/26 Speaker Series will continue at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 15 at the Shepherd University Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, with “In Their Own Words.”

Drawing from primary documents, Maryland State Park Ranger-Historian Robert Ambrose will explore the French and Indian War story of Fort Frederick in Washington County, Md. by answering the simple and sometimes complicated questions of who, what, when, why and how.