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The Pain of it All!

Many years have come and gone with my pain issues concerning my knees. I tried a number of remedies as most people do. I tried Turmeric, salves, various over the counter meds, advertised joint juice and shots in the knees. Nothing worked! Some years ago, the pain was so severe I discovered I had a torn meniscus. This was a most terrible pain to endure. I went to surgery and had repairs made, still additional pains were the norm.

I had planned on knee replacement surgery for a long time but with issues of my stepfather and later, my mother’s stroke, I could not take time away as I was needed to be available.

I had two shots in March and a month later called a surgeon to get things moving for a replacement. We had to place my mother in a home due to dementia, but I decided to follow through. On September 15, the operation was complete. The photo above shows my knee area two days after the surgery. I am doing remarkably well with the operation but side effects from the meds to place under have been dealing me some bad issues. I have had hiccups for almost a week as I type. Sleep is rare; however, a new prescription is helping alleviate the issue. There are some other side-effects too, but the hiccups are the worst. I, also, feel light nausea, and dizziness at times.

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On September 8, 1926, the community of Kittanning, Pennsylvania featured an event commemorating the Raid on Kit-Han-ne. The raid I am referring to occurred on September 8, 1756, when John Armstrong and around 300 men launched a surprise attack on the Lenni-Lenape natives. These people were often known as the Delaware Indians of their day.

This attack was during what has been called the French and Indian War. The war was known as the Seven Years War across the Atlantic Ocean and was a war between the English and the French. In the colonies various Indian tribes were forced to side with one side or the other to defend their homeland against the English encroachment.

In 1926 this stone with the bronze panel shown below had been erected on the September 8 day marking 170 years since this attack.

The stone was quarried in the Cowanshannock Creek area north of Kittanning. The arrowhead shaped stone reached almost fourteen feet high. The site is on the northern side of the bridge and eastern side of the Allegheny River at Kittanning.

Detail of the bronze plague.

Ojibway Chief Strong Wolf shaking hands with James King. Mr. King was president of the recently formed Armstrong County Historical Society. I found this interesting since the natives at Kit-Han-Ne in 1756 were the Delaware and Shawnees and not Ojbaway.

A number of dignitaries of 1926 stood by the erected stone monument.

To commemorate the 270 years since the raid and the 100 years since the erection of the stone monument, the current members of the Armstrong Couty Historical Society organized a rededication ceremony on the exact day of September 8, 2026.

Guest speakers and light buffet-style refreshments were supplied to educate and inform of this important date of local history.

There is much information to search and learn more of the French and Indian war and the Kit-Han-Ne battle.

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