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Fort Necessity National Battlefield

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Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
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The Battle of Fort Necessity took place on July 3, 1754, in what is now Farmington in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The engagement, along with the May 28 skirmish known as the Battle of Jumonville Glen, was George Washington's first military experience and the only surrender of his military career. The Battle of Fort Necessity began the French and Indian War, which later spiraled into the global conflict known as the Seven Years' War. Washington built Fort Necessity on an alpine meadow west of the summit of a pass through the Laurel Highlands of the Allegheny Mountains. Another pass nearby leads to Confluence, Pennsylvania; to the west, Nemacolin's Trail begins its descent to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and other parts of Fayette County along the relatively low altitudes of the Allegheny Plateau.
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