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To: NovemberCharlie
Didn't he build Ft Necessity between two hills rather than on top of them?
34 posted on 09/06/2002 6:58:45 PM PDT by weikel
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To: weikel
Didn't he build Ft Necessity between two hills rather than on top of them?

Yep. When it rained, his stores of gunpowder got soaked, rendering them useless. Washington was forced, without an interpreter, to sign a document assigning him the blame for starting the war.

38 posted on 09/06/2002 7:06:58 PM PDT by NovemberCharlie
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