They're literally digging up the road George Washington helped build. History nerds, assemble.
Built in 1755 at the height of the French and Indian War, Braddock's Road was one of the nation's most infamous military roads. Traces of this historic route, in western Maryland, still remain, buried beneath soil and brush, and a team of archaeologists is on the hunt.
Direction
Robey makes dirt compelling somehow
Editing
Tight 27 minutes, no bloat
Director
Stefanie Robey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Braddock's Road was so poorly planned that 450+ British soldiers died building it—some historians call it the original 'highway to hell.'
The French and Indian War's forgotten status in American education makes documentaries like this quietly radical—reclaiming stories buried by Independence mythology.
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