Fort Necessity National Battlefield

At Fort Necessity, George Washington made his only surrender on July 3, 1754, after an eight to nine hour battle fought in the rain against a sizable force of French soldiers and their Indian allies led by Jumonville's older brother de Villiers; this was the first battle of the French and Indian War between Britain and France. Mount Washington Tavern, built around 1838 as a stagecoach stop, is now a museum pertaining to the National Road. Nearby, a small portion of the road became in 1755 the final resting place of Major General Edward Braddock of the Coldstream Guards, where his original grave site and a monument covering his remains honor his service. At Jumonville Glen, a skirmish eventually led five continents into war and initiated the young Virginian George Washington to battle.

Pennsylvania · United States