A Charming Field For An Encounter

Company

National Park Service

Price

$10.99

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Official Store

The volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire. - Horace Walpole In late 1753, Virginia’s colonial governor dispatched a young George Washington to the Ohio River Valley. His mission: to stop the French from encroaching on the highly coveted, “British-claimed” region. The French refused to abandon their post and continued fortifying the area. A Charming Field for an Encounter: The Story of George Washington’s Fort Necessity details this initial diplomatic effort and the two resulting skirmishes: the Jumonville affair and the Battle of Fort Necessity…