In 1092 he built Carlisle Castle, taking control of Cumberland and Westmoreland, which had previously been claimed by the Scots.

One group of lawmakers led by Georgia congressman Lynn Westmoreland came from some preclearance states, and claimed that it was no longer fair to target their states, given the passage of time since 1965 and the changes their states had made to provide fair elections and voting.

Westmoreland himself claimed a smaller number of enemies disabled, estimating that during the same period 32, 000 PAVN troops were killed and another 5, 800 captured.

General Westmoreland claimed that " we had soundly defeated the enemy without unduly sacrificing operations in other areas.

The troops that remained were from the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, a company from the 4th Continental Artillery, and two independent companies from the Wyoming Valley in what is now northeastern Pennsylvania, but was then also claimed by Connecticut as Westmoreland County.

Other accounts suggested that, possibly in addition to Trollope's deception, York was fooled by some of John Neville of Raby's forces displaying false colours into thinking either that reinforcements sent by Warwick had arrived, or that the northern Nevilles under the Earl of Westmoreland, John Neville's older brother and the most senior peer in the family, were prepared to support him.

The wardship of such an orphan was therefore a valuable gift of the crown, and in October 1417 this was granted to Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland, with the young Richard under the guardianship of Sir Robert Waterton.

Norvelt, originally named Westmoreland Homesteads, was created April 13, 1934, as one of a series of “ subsistence homesteads ” under the National Industrial Recovery Act.

Westmoreland — and the American media, which covered the action extensively — often made inevitable comparisons between the actions at Khe Sanh and the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, where a French base had been besieged and ultimately overrun by Viet Minh forces under the command of General Giáp during the First Indochina War.

Rather than being attached to a US division, negotiations between Wilton and senior US military officials ensured that the force would be an independent command under the operational control of US II Field Force, Vietnam ( II FFV ), a corps-level headquarters based in Bien Hoa which reported directly to Westmoreland.

At about three quarters of a mile east of Kirby Stephen, Westmoreland, is a bridge of solid rock, known by the name of Staincroft Bridge or Stonecroft Bridge, under which runs a small but fathomless rivulet.

During the Vietnam War, 1967 until 1969, Davidson was the chief of US intelligence in Vietnam, under the command of William Westmoreland and later Creighton Abrams.

The 90-minute program, produced by George Crile III and narrated by Mike Wallace, asserted that in 1967 intelligence officers under General William Westmoreland, the commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, had manipulated intelligence estimates in order to show far fewer communist personnel in South Vietnam than there actually were, thereby creating the impression that the Vietnam War was being won.

In particular, he was critical of the U. S. military command, especially under William Westmoreland, and their inability to adapt to the fact that they were facing a popular guerrilla movement while backing a corrupt regime.

Adler's 1986 book Reckless Disregard: Westmoreland v. CBS et al., Sharon v. Time, an account of two libel trials and the First Amendment, was also praised: " This book should be under the Christmas tree of every lawyer and journalist ," wrote William B. Shannon in The Washington Post ; Edwin M. Yoder, also in The Washington Post, wrote, " Reckless Disregard is the best book about American journalism of our time.

In 1856 he was elected to the first parliament under responsible government as the member for Cook and Westmoreland.

The Laurel Hill Tunnel was bored under the border between Westmoreland and Somerset Counties.

* 1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had " gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily.

* 1910 – The Westmoreland County Coal Strike, involving 15, 000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers, begins.

* November 21 – Vietnam War: United States General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: " I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing.

* April 10 – Volkswagen becomes the second ( after Rolls-Royce ) non-American automobile manufacturer to open a plant in the United States, commencing production of the Rabbit, the North American version of the Volkswagen Golf, at the Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly Plant near New Stanton, Pennsylvania with a unionized ( UAW ) workforce ( the plant closes in 1992.

William Childs Westmoreland ( March 26, 1914 – July 18, 2005 ) was a United States Army General, who commanded US military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak ( 1964 – 68 ), during the Tet Offensive.

Westmoreland served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1968 to 1972, then retired from the Army.

Latrobe () is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the United States, approximately southeast of Pittsburgh.

Westmoreland County is a county located in the Northern Neck of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state in the United States.

Westmoreland County was the birthplace of George Washington, the first President of the United States ( at the former settlement of Bridges Creek, Virginia ); James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States ; and General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate armies.

* William Westmoreland, United States Army general

* Lynn Westmoreland, member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia

Westmoreland is a city in and the county seat of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States.

Westmoreland is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States.

Westmoreland is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States.

Adamsburg is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Allegheny Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Arona is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Avonmore is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Bell Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Bolivar ( rhymes with Oliver ) is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Calumet-Norvelt is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Cook Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Crabtree is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Delmont is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.