Thousands to attend Fort Ligonier Days 02:26. LIGONIER, Pa. (KDKA) — This weekend is one of the biggest fall festivals in Westmoreland County, with thousands of people and hundreds of vendors ...

The reason the festival is held the second weekend of October every year is to commemorate a battle that took place at Fort Ligonier during the French and Indiana War in 1758.

Fort Ligonier Days pays tribute to the 18th century British outpost that lent its name to the modern town of Ligonier. But, full appreciation of the festival’s origin doesn’t appear to be ...