• Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity

    National Battlefield Pennsylvania

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May 22, 2013
Summer Events Provide Two and Half Centuries of American Inspiration
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Friendship Hill National Historic Site and Johnstown Flood National Memorial have new offerings and events for family and friends of all ages and interests. From June through August, over 50 special events are planned in western Pennsylvania's five National Parks sites.

May 10, 2013
Tavern Keeper Dead – Wake Set for May 18-19
The Friends of Fort Necessity and park staff will present programs about mid-nineteenth century funeral practices Saturday at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. and again on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. The Mount Washington Tavern will be open all weekend for the National Road Festival from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Did You Know?

Stagecoach

In 1848 Robert S. McDowell counted 133 wagons pulled by six-horse teams pass along the National Road in one day. He took “no notice of as many more teams of one, two, three four and five horses.” Thomas Searight remembered as many as 20 stagecoaches in a line at one time on the road.