ANP Fort Necessity National Battlefield Patch

Company

National Park Service

Price

$6.95

Source

Official Store

In the wilderness of Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountains, colonial troops commanded by 22-year-old Colonel George Washington were defeated here on July 3, 1754. The battle marked the opening of the French and Indian War and was Washington’s only military surrender. The engagement at Fort Necessity also opened a global conflict referred to as the Seven Years War. France and Great Britain, the two most powerful countries at that time, vied for colonies in North America, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and the Philippines. In North America, both France and Britain built alliances with the American…