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. 
Fort Frederick is the only stone fort built (1756) by an English colony during the French and Indian War, and is one of the largest fortifications built by English colonists in North America. The 585-acre Fort Frederick State Park borders the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.
Robert Ambrose has been employed with the Maryland Park Service since 2009, and at Fort Frederick since 2014 overseeing the largest living history program in the state park system.
He resides in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., and in his spare time serves as the Defensive Coordinator of the Berkeley Springs High School Football team. Since 1996, Ambrose has been involved in living history of various time periods from the 1750s to the 1950s.
Historic Shepherdstown is a non-profit, membership organization dedicated to preserving Shepherdstown’s architectural character, and building public understanding of Shepherdstown’s distinctive history. Its museum is free and open to the public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays through October.
You may also contact Historic Shepherdstown at 304-876-0910 or [email protected].
