• Fort Necessity

    Fort Necessity

    National Battlefield Pennsylvania

Things To Know Before You Come

What's at Fort Necessity?
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A two minute video to help you know what to expect when you visit Fort Necessity National Battlefield.

 

Did You Know?

George Washington

Before the battle at Fort Necessity, George Washington wrote that the meadow would be “a charming field for an Encounter”.  After the skirmish at Jumonville Glen he wrote there was “something charming in sound” of bullets.  After his defeat at Fort Necessity he never again refers to war as charming. More...