General Forbes.

And another Fifer who played a major role in shaping American history.

"ONE of Fife's little known heroes is being honoured at an exhibition in Dunfermline. And next year a group from America will travel to Dunfermline with a special memorial to commemorate the man who founded one of the USA's most important cities. The story being told at the Abbot House exhibition, which opened this week, is of General John Forbes, from Pittencrieff in Dunfermline. Athough largely forgotten in his native land, General Forbes is acknowledged in North America as the man who turned the tide of the French-Indian War. He also named Pittsburgh on November 25, 1758, after leading a force of British regular and provincial troops, including a young Colonel George Washington, into the burning ruins of Fort Duquesne on the forks of the Ohio river."