Fort Necessity - PLAQUE

Was located about 400 yards to the south in the Great Meadows. Built and commanded, 1754, by Lieutenant Colonel GEORGE WASHINGTON * Aged 22 * here after 9 hours engagement with M. Coulon De Villiers in command of 900 French regulars and their Indian allies Washington and his 400 raw Virginia and South Carolina troops capitulated and early next morning July 4, 1754 marched out with the honors of war. (Dedicated: Sunday, July 4, 1926)