{"id":240544,"date":"2026-07-10T21:10:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240544\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T21:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:10:06","slug":"fort-pitt-museum-to-host-symposium-as-part-of-americas-250th-anniversary-commemoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/240544\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Pitt Museum to host symposium as part of America\u2019s 250th anniversary commemoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, the Fort Pitt Museum, is hosting the \u201c1776 Symposium: The Revolution in the West,\u201d from noon to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c1776 Symposium\u201d will explore the people, conflicts, material culture, and pivotal moments that shaped the American Revolution and the western frontier through presentations by leading historians, authors, and historical interpreters.<\/p>\n<p>Guests will hear from visiting speakers and Fort Pitt Museum staff throughout the day, with opportunities between sessions to explore the museum\u2019s exhibitions, including \u201cPittsburgh\u2019s Revolution,\u201d which explores Western Pennsylvania\u2019s role in the founding of the United States through rare artifacts, compelling stories, and Revolutionary-era objects.<\/p>\n<p>Advance registration is recommended. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit heinzhistorycenter.org\/events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Saturday, the Fort Pitt Museum, is hosting the \u201c1776 Symposium: The Revolution in the West,\u201d from noon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4000,16654,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-240544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-america-250","tag-fort-pitt-museum","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}