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	Fort Tours \| Fort Necessity
		Supposedly named by Washington as Fort Necessity or Fort of Necessity, the crude palisade they erected was hoped to be at least temporarily sufficient to protect their position.
		Late in the day, seeing that their position was untenable, Washington accepted a truce which allowed the peaceful withdrawal of his forces which he completed on July 4, 1754.
		Attempts to preserve the location of the fort were undertaken and on March 4, 1931, Congress declared the location a National Battlefield Site under management of the War Department.
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	Fort Necessity
		Fort Necessity, entrenched camp built in July, 1754, by George Washington and his Virginia militia at Great Meadows (near the present Uniontown, Pa.).
		He retired there when he learned that the British fort at the forks of the Ohio (the site of Pittsburgh) had been captured (and renamed Fort Duquesne) by the French.
		A large French reprisal force attacked Fort Necessity and forced Washington to surrender on July 4.
	www.factmonster.com /id/A0819267 (206 words)

	Background of the Conflict - Fort Necessity National Battlefield
		he confrontation at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the opening battle of the war fought by England and France for control of the North American continent.
		The action at Fort Necessity was also the first major event in the military career of George Washington, and it marked the only time he ever surrendered to an enemy.
		When told the fort was in French hands, he resolved to push on to Redstone Creek and await further instructions.
	www.nps.gov /fone/fonehist.htm (1051 words)

	Fort Necessity National Battlefield - Fort Necessity National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service)
		Fort Necessity National Battlefield - Fort Necessity National Battlefield (U.S. National Park Service)
		The battle at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the opening action of the French and Indian War.
		There are many opportunities for internships and to volunteer at Fort Necessity.
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	Fort Necessity
		Picture of George Washington surrendering Fort Necessity to the French.
		Washington and his Virginians spent most of June opening a road from Fort Necessity to Gist's Plantation, a frontier settlement in the direction of the forks of the Ohio.
		Reports that a large force of French and Indians was advancing from Fort Duquesne, however, caused him to withdraw his men to the Great Meadows, where they arrived July 1.
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	Washington Begins French & Indian War; surrenders Fort Necessity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		In the far northwest reaches of the colony of Virginia a young officer fired the shots that began the French and Indian War.
		On a rainy, dismal July 3rd, 1754, his powder wet and ammunition running low, with nearly half his men sick or wounded or dead, Washington offered his only surrender to a foreign power.
		The next day, July 4th, with drums playing and flags flying according to the protocal of war at that time, the remnant of Washington's little army marched out of the fort and made their way back to Ft. Cumberland.
	www.fortedwards.org /1754.htm (155 words)

	Fort Necessity
		Fort Necessity - Necessity, Fort: see Fort Necessity.
		The Lynching Massacre of Black and White Soldiers at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 12, 1864.
		Fort Ord Reuse Plan and Environmental Report.(APA 1997 Planning Awards)
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	Fort Necessity
		In 1754, George Washington and a small force of Virginia militiamen marched to the Ohio Country to drive the French from the region.
		Washington retreated from the fort and constructed Fort Necessity.
		A combined force of French soldiers and their native allies overwhelmed Fort Necessity on July 3, 1754, marking the start of the French and Indian War in the New World.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=714 (283 words)

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