This skirmish would eventually lead to the start of the French and Indian War in 1756. The story of the battle and the construction of Fort Necessity is told in the museum at Fort Necessity ...

The attack at Fort Necessity would be the first of many setbacks the English would experience in the early years of the French and Indian War. News of Washington's defeat at Fort Necessity spread ...

The site of the first skirmish of the seven-year-long French and Indian War has been verified ... a part of the Fort Necessity National Battlefield in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

The French and Indian War was fought from 1754 until 1763 ... retreated a few miles away to a field and hastily built Fort Necessity. In early July 1754, Washington's militia would come under ...

Neighbor turned against neighbor amidst a desperate civil war in colonial America ... where it constructed the wryly-named Fort Necessity. There, the French, with their Algonquin, Ottawa, and ...

A recent ballistics discovery at Fort Necessity National Battlefield confirmed where the French and Indian War began. For 30 years, Brian Reedy has been plagued by one question: Where, precisely, did ...

A just-discovered eyewitness account provides startling new evidence about who fired the shot that sparked the French and Indian War Secrets ... of the circular Fort Necessity in Farmington ...

This skirmish would eventually lead to the start of the French and Indian War in 1756. The story of the battle and the construction of Fort Necessity is told in the museum at Fort Necessity ...