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Braddock is a borough located in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, 10 miles (16 km) upstream from the mouth of the Monongahela River. The population was 1,721 as of the 2020 census , a 91.8% decline since its peak of 20,879 in 1920.
Edward Braddock (January 1695 – 13 July 1755) was a British officer and commander-in-chief for the Thirteen Colonies during the start of the French and Indian War ...
Map of Braddock's Military Road. The Braddock Expedition, also known as Braddock's Campaign or Braddock's Defeat, was a British military expedition which attempted to capture Fort Duquesne from the French in 1755 during the French and Indian War.
James Walter Braddock (June 7, 1905 – November 29, 1974) was an American [3] [4] boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1937. [5]Fighting under the name James J. Braddock (ostensibly to follow the pattern set by two prior world boxing champions, James J. Corbett and James J. Jeffries), Braddock was known for his spoiling, counterpunching style, powerful right hand, and his ...
Braddock Road trace near Fort Necessity, Pennsylvania. The Braddock Road was a military road built in 1755 in what was then British America and is now the United States . It was the first improved road to cross the barrier of the successive ridgelines of the Appalachian Mountains .
Braddock's Field is a historic battlefield on the banks of the Monongahela River, at Braddock, Pennsylvania, near the junction of Turtle Creek, about nine miles southeast of the "Forks of the Ohio" in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1755, the Battle of the Monongahela was fought on Braddock's Field, which ended the Braddock Expedition.
Benjamin Braddock, name of Dustin Hoffman's character in the 1967 movie "The Graduate" directed by Mike Nichols, based on the 1963 novel The Graduate (novel) by Charles Webb (author) Charlie Braddock, Played by David Hemmings in the Juggernaut (1974 film) Capt. Jack Braddock, the main character played by Warren Oates in the 1983 Blue Thunder film.
Braddock Hills is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,730 at the 2020 census. [3] Braddock Hills is located approximately ...