Fort Necessity National Park
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Saturday May 24 9:00am - Sunday May 25 5:00pm EDT
Memorial Day Encampment
Join us for the anniversary of the 15-minute skirmish at Jumonville Glen with an encampment on the battlefield. There will be British, French and Native camps where you can talk with people about life in the 18th century. Flintlock musket firings and artillery demonstra......More
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Wednesday May 28 7:00am - 9:00am EDT Yearly
Anniversary of the Jumonville Glen Skirmish
In 1754, George Washington led 40 men on a hike through the dark and rain to Jumonville Glen where rumor had it a group of French were camped out. The debate continues about who fired that first shot, but at the end of the 15-minute skirmish, 17 French were dead, includ......More