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Fort Necessity stood about 400 yards south in the Great Meadows. Built in 1754 and commanded by Lieutenant Colonel George Washington at age 22, it was the site where, after a 9-hour engagement with M. Coulon de Villiers commanding 900 French regulars and their Indian allies, Washington and his 400 inexperienced Virginia and South Carolina troops capitulated and, early the next morning, July 4, 1754, marched out with the honors of war.
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Farmington, Pennsylvania · United States
