For the Museum’s final history talk lecture of the 2025 season we will discuss a little known battle of the mid-18^th C. In 1745, New England colonists launched a successful expedition to conquer Louisbourg, a port in present-day Nova Scotia, which was then controlled by the French Empire. Reverend Adonijah Bidwell was witness to this battle as the Chaplain of the fleet. In this talk, Dr. Amy Watson, Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will explain why New Englanders launched this invasion of a frigid Canadian port, why they were forced to return it, and what the Siege of Louisbourg can tell us about both British party politics and the origins of the American Revolution. This lecture will be held via Zoom.