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Fort Necessity National Battlefield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fort Necessity National Battlefield, located near Farmington, Pennsylvania, commemorates the first military engagement of the French and Indian War (known as the Seven Years War outside of the United States). 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. Crude and simplistic, the fort centerpiece was a 10 by 14 foot (3 by 4 m) shed surrounded by a 7 to 8 foot (2 to 2.5 m) tall palisade fence that was 53 feet (16 m) in diameter. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Necessity   (713 words)

NPS Historical Handbook: Fort Necessity Fort Necessity National Battlefield Site is administered by the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. In 1818, about the time that the National Road was opened to traffic through the Fort Necessity area, Judge Nathaniel Ewing of Fayette County, then owner of the Great Meadows tract, erected a large house beside the new road and named it Mount Washington. Held since 1931 by the Fort Necessity Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, the area was transferred in 1952 to the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters. www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/19/hh19f.htm   (1269 words)

Protect Fort Necessity National Battlefield In honor of the 250th anniversary of the battle at Fort Necessity and of the French and Indian War, valiant efforts are under way by the National Park Service, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and private-sector donors to enhance and improve the battlefield park, including a $12-million investment in heritage tourism. The National Park Service and its state and private partners are making a valiant effort to protect more of the battlefield landscape with a $12-million investment that will create a new visitor center to better interpret local history and will remove all non-historic buildings from the cultural landscape surrounding the fort. Fort Necessity, as you know, marks the first battle of the French and Indian War, fought between France and Great Britain for control of North America. www.npca.org /across_the_nation/npca_in_the_field/Mid_Atlantic/fort_necessity.asp   (826 words)

U.S. Newswire : Releases : "New Study Reveals Major Threat to Fort Necessity..." Established as a national battlefield in 1935, 900-acre Fort Necessity National Battlefield protects and interprets the history and culture of the French and Indian War, which set America on its course towards independence. During July 1-4, Fort Necessity is hosting a celebration commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the French and Indian War. Nearly half of the battlefield's 30 historic structures are in poor or fair condition. releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=32332   (517 words)

National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Fort Necessity National Battlefield) Fort Necessity National Battlefield became a part of the National Park System in 1933, and Fort Necessity State Park was transferred to it in 1962. Reconstructed stockade at Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Pennsylvania. National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Fort Necessity National Battlefield) www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/explorers/sitea26.htm   (354 words)

French & Indian War Fort Necessity Park Passes purchased in advance for $15.00 include admission to the four-day event for the bearer and immediate family and are valid for one year. From July 1 - 4, Fort Necessity commemorates the 250th anniversary of the battle that began the French and Indian War in 1754 with a weekend of historical events called "Where Three Worlds Collide." On July 3 - 4, an expected 500 historically equipped re-enactors representing British and French troops and Indian warriors will participate in demonstrations of 18th-century military tactics used by the young George Washington and his opponents in the Battle of Fort Necessity. www.laurelhighlands.org /public/cfm/french_indian/index.cfm?FUSEACTION=fievents   (889 words)

Cahill Associates - Environmental Consultants - Fort Necessity Fort Necessity National Battlefield is an 852-acre facility managed by the National Park Service to commemorate George Washington's 1754 Battle of Fort Necessity. The new interpretive/education center at Fort Necessity tells the story of Fort Necessity, the National Road, and the resources in the vicinity of the Park. Cahill Associates developed and submitted the stormwater design as described here, though final construction may vary according to the National Park Service development program. www.thcahill.com /ftnecessity.html   (206 words)

Historical Qualities of the National Road - Fort Necessity, General Braddock's Grave, Whiskey Rebellion, Underground Railroad The importance of the National Road as a major corridor of western migration is symbolized by the Madonna of the Trails statue, located near Beallsville, in Washington County. The passage of the National Road across the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania points to the importance of the region as the original western frontier, fought over by the French and the English to gain control of the interior of a vast continent which would eventually become the United States. Evidence of the National Road as the premier transportation corridors of the early 19th century is abundant along its 90-miles in Pennsylvania. www.nationalroadpa.org /historical_qualities.html   (1480 words)

Fort Necessity Fort Necessity National Battlefield Park is located off the National Road, US 40, in Farmington, Pennsylvania. For more information about the battle, see the official Fort Necessity National Battlefield website. The battle at Fort Necessity in July of 1754 was the first major battle of the French and Indian War. www.graveaddiction.com /fortnec.html   (133 words)

Fort Necessity Fort Necessity National Battlefield is located about 11 miles east of Uniontown. The reconstructed stockade at Fort Necessity marks one of the great milestones of colonial days where the young George Washington fought and lost his first battle and the French and Indian War began in 1754. Approximately five miles of hiking trails are at the main unit of Fort Necessity, and are based on a set of interconnecting loops. www.watsonschoice.com /GuideBook/DayTrips/Attractions/FortNecessity.htm   (728 words)

Fort Necessity battlefield receives money Fort Necessity National Battlefield in Farmington, Fayette County, has received two major grants to help develop an interpretive and educational visitors center.The Richard King Mellon Foundation gave $400,000 and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation gave $120,000 toward the project. A joint project of the National Park Service, the state and private groups, the new center would serve both Fort Necessity National Battlefield and the National Road State Heritage Park. Fort Necessity is part of the "War for Empire Consortium," a group of regional French and Indian War sites that includes Fort Ligonier, Bushy Run, Fort Pitt and Braddock's Field. www.post-gazette.com /regionstate/20001016fort8.asp   (259 words)

History Of Fort Necessity National Battlefield :: Weekend Adventures Magazine Online :: wamonline.com The 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.wamonline.com /spring2002/fortnecessity.htm   (1083 words)

Fort Necessity on Encyclopedia.com Near Fort Necessity National Battlefield (see National Parks and Monuments, table) is the grave of the British general Edward Braddock. In the SPIRIT of the LAW.(Fort Necessity National Battlefield, United States National Park Service) 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.). www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FortN1ece.asp   (476 words)

Jason P. Love - Graduate Student in Wildlife at WVU Fort Necessity National Battlefield was established in 1931 and is owned and operated by the National Park Service. The centerpiece of the park is the replica of Fort Necessity, a hastily built fort erected in the Great Meadows by George Washington and his troops during the French-Indian War. Two hundred and fifty years have passed since the battle at Fort Necessity and many changes have occurred in the Great Meadows and adjacent woodland. www.forestry.caf.wvu.edu /jAnderson/jloves.html   (1198 words)

MSN Encarta - Search Results - necessity Fort Necessity National Battlefield, beginning of the French and Indian Wars, construction of the fort Easement, in law, a privilege of advantage without profit that the owner of a parcel of land may have in the lands of another. Exclusively for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers--quickly search thousands of articles from magazines such as Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, and Smithsonian. encarta.msn.com /necessity.html   (101 words)

Interpretive center to open - PittsburghLIVE.com Behind Washington, a Colonial soldier fires a musket from a ledge in an exhibit representing Jumonville Glen -- the May, 1754, skirmish between the French and British in which the French Envoy Jumonville perished -- leading both to the Fort Necessity battle and the French and Indian War. The spacious facility also has enabled the park service to display numerous artifacts, including the burned stumps of the original Fort Necessity left after the French set the fort afire in the aftermath of Washington's surrender. Among the exhibits along the National Road in the center is an early 19th-century tavern. pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/trib/regional/s_379363.html   (1092 words)

Boston.com / News / Local / Maine / Volunteers more important than ever at national parks Volunteers will paint the buildings on the 19th century iron plantation of Hopewell Furnace in Elverson and help cut the grass at Fort Necessity National Battlefield in Farmington. National Historic Park has been finding more uses for its volunteers, depending on them for everything from weeding to giving walking tours. At Olympic National Park in Port Angeles, Wash., officials have had to cut back on staffing, forcing the park's visitor center in Forks to close two days a week. www.boston.com /news/local/maine/articles/2004/08/08/volunteers_more_important_than_ever_at_national_parks?mode=PF   (741 words)

Building history at Fort Necessity - PittsburghLIVE.com He said there will be all sorts of hands-on lessons about Fort Necessity and the National Road. It was at the actual glen, a few miles from Fort Necessity, on May 28, 1754, where a group of Virginia soldiers and their American Indian allies, led by a 22-year-old officer named George Washington, came upon a French force. The Battle of Fort Necessity, July 3, 1754, which started the French and Indian War in America and the Seven Years War in Europe, was fought in a downpour. www.pittsburghlive.com:8000 /x/tribune-review/trib/history/s_303451.html   (942 words)

George Washington's Fort of Necessity in Fayette County - Fay-West.com Pictures Fort Necessity is located along Route 40 (The National Road), 8 miles east of Uniontown, PA. George Washington& Fort of Necessity in Fayette County George Washington chose the Great Meadows (near present day Farmington), for the inevitable battle with an approaching French Army, proclaiming it 'A charming field for an encounter.' During the last two days of May and first three of June, he built a circular palisade fort, which he called Fort of Necessity. www.fay-west.com /pictures/fs_fortnecessity01.php   (162 words)

Pa. Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources - Heritage Parks A visit to Fort Necessity National Battlefield will take you back to the site of the first battle of the French and Indian War, where a young army colonel named George Washington commanded troops. U.S. Route 40 as it runs through Somerset, Fayette and Washington counties is the spine of the National Road Heritage Corridor and the focal point of an effort to preserve, enhance and promote the transportation heritage of the first public works project funded by the federal government. It was the National Road that opened up land west of the Alleghenies and allowed a budding nation to expand its boundaries into the new territories. www.dcnr.state.pa.us /brc/heritageparks/nationalroad.aspx   (637 words)

Discount Travel - US National Parks; Pennsylvania Fort Necessity National Battlefield RD 2, Box 528, The National Pike Farmington, PA 15437 (412) 329-5512 Scene of battle opening French and Indian War, July 3, 1754. Friendship Hill National Historic Site c/o Fort Necessity National Battlefield RD 2, Box 528, The National Pike Farmington, PA 15437 (412) 725-9190 Young Swiss immigrant Albert Gallatin made his home here on frontier's edge in 1780s. Johnstown Flood National Memorial P.O. Box 355, St. Michael, PA 15951 (814) 495-4643 Memorializes tragic Johnstown Flood of 1889, caused by break in South Fork Dam on Little Conemaugh River tributary. www.trip-lynx.com /nationalparks/pa.htm   (535 words)

City Briefs: 9/24/01 Smith, 50, is assistant superintendent of Fort Necessity National Battlefield, near Farmington, and Friendship Hill in Point Marion, the home of Albert Gallatin. Previously, Smith, was park technician, ranger and chief ranger at Castilo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Fla., Petersburg National Battlefield in Petersburg, Va., and the Blue Ridge Parkway, which runs through Virginia and North Carolina. For the past 12 years, Smith has worked at Fort Necessity in Fayette County. www.post-gazette.com /neigh_city/20010924cburb0924p9.asp   (259 words)

Festivals: Where the crowds all go And there are regular history events throughout the summer at Fort Necessity National Battlefield near Uniontown and Old Bedford Village in Bedford. Fort Necessity National Battlefield, east of Uniontown (July 11-12). NATIONAL ROAD FESTIVAL: Fort Necessity National Battlefield, east of Uniontown (May 17-18). www.postgazette.com /ae/20030514sfests0514p9.asp   (1537 words)

Park Science--Volume 20(1)--Spring 2000--Highlights--(page 1 of 3) Today the site is known as Fort Necessity National Battlefield, and a new effort is under way to restore the park to its 1754 historic scene. The battle at Fort Necessity occurred on July 3, 1754, marking the beginning of the French and Indian War where the English and French battled for control of the North American continent. The National Park Service is assisted by Peggy Johnson (paj6@psu.edu), Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, who will lead the portion of the project that involves restoration of the stream that runs through the park. www2.nature.nps.gov /parksci/vol20/vol20(1)/04-1highlights.html   (830 words)

French & Indian War Fort Necessity National Battlefield is located on the Historic National Road, Route 40 and Fort Ligonier is located on the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, Route 30, in the historic town of Ligonier. Two significant sites to visit to explore the history of the French & Indian War- Fort Necessity National Battlefield and Fort Ligonier - are both located in the Laurel Highlands within an hour's drive of each other. Click on the links below for a listing of lodging accommodations within 20 miles of each fort. www.laurelhighlands.org /public/cfm/french_indian/index.cfm?FUSEACTION=lodging   (149 words)

Fort Necessity member of CWFFA Fort Necessity National Battlefield Park has constructed a new Visitor Center in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Necessity. On this "Charming field for an encounter" Washington hurriedly built Fort Necessity and awaited the inevitable. Fort Necessity is located between Cumberland, Maryland, and Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. www.fortedwards.org /cwffa/necess.htm   (215 words)

VisitPA :: Road Trip :: National Road Heritage Fort Necessity National Battlefield is located in Farmington. Local Tip: The anniversary of the Battle of Fort Necessary is honored in early July with a reenactment and special activities. VisitPA :: Road Trip :: National Road Heritage www.visitpa.com /visitpa/detailRoadtrip.do?id=22   (178 words)

John Murtha News - Murtha Inspects Progress at Fort Ligonier Murtha has also been instrumental in obtaining funds for a new education and interpretive center and other improvements to Fort Necessity National Battlefield, operated by the National Park Service in neighboring Fayette County, where George Washington fought the battle that began the French and Indian War. "Fort Ligonier has been a strong component of our region's tourism industry, and this anniversary will bring national attention to this region." Murtha succeeded in obtaining $480,000 for the project through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Fort Ligonier obtained another $225,000 in a Challenge Grant from the federal National Endowment for the Humanities. www.house.gov /murtha/news/nw010702.htm   (368 words)

Fort Necessity National Battlefield (greenpittsburgh.net) Fort Necessity National Battlefield (903 acres)is the site of George Washington's first military encounter and the opening battle of the French and Indian War. The visitor center at Fort Necessity, the picnic area, and the first floor of the Mount Washington Tavern are all handicapped accessible. As a 22-year-old colonial colonel, he was co-commander of a 400 man British force that fought a battle here against a force of French and Indians on July 3, 1754. www.greenpittsburgh.net /viewnode.py?uuid64=M2UzMjY1MGMtMTZmNS0xMWQ0LTliNGMtOTY5ZDMwNmNhMmVj   (186 words)

Allentown Pennsylvania real estate Of the many historic sites and parks that have been preserved, those under federal ownership include Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Gettysburg National Military Park, and Independence and Valley Forge national historical parks. Large areas of woodland remain and, in some isolated sections, have retained an almost primitive wildness. www.lehighvalleyrealestateinfo.com /About_Pennsylvania/page_1036780.html   (234 words)

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