• Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity

    National Battlefield Pennsylvania

For Kids

First screen of Young George Washington's Adventures

First screen of the WebRangers Young George Washington's Adventures

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Be sure to check out "Young George Washington's Adventures" and learn about Washington's difficult and hazardous journey to ask the French to leave the Ohio River Valley.

Did You Know?

Swivel gun

The nine swivel guns Washington brought on the Fort Necessity campaign each weighed just under one hundred pounds and shot half pound balls, about an inch and 1/2 in diameter.