Fort Necessity

About a 30 minute drive from Gallatin's home in western Pennsylvania is Fort Necessity National Battlefield. This is where the British soldiers, led by George Washington, fought the French and Indian troops on July 3, 1754. Washington expected to be attacked so he built a fort. Unfortunately he built the fort in a low spot and when the attack came so did the rain so his fort filled up with water. Washington ended up surrendering. He signed the surrender document. He had a poor French translator. Unable to read French himself, he signed a paper saying he willing assassinated a French leader (he didn't) which lead to repercussions. Washington learned never to sign a document he could not read which is a valuable lesson.

The British officer fired his musket twice for us.