The ballistics found helped identify the site where the first skirmish of the war took place, when British colonists led by Lieutenant Colonel George Washington fought French soldiers.
Informed of a French encampment in modern-day Fayette County, Pa., by Mingo Native American allies who aided in the fighting, George Washington s group engaged the French on May 28, 1754, killing 10 and capturing 21.
In his capacity as site manager for the Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Brian Reedy has spent many years telling visitors that he and fellow National Park Service employees were “reasonably certain” they knew the site where the skirmish at Jumonville Glen unofficially kicked off the French & Indian war in
Nobody knows if the French or the British fired the first shot at Jumonville Glen 269 years ago, but perhaps recently discovered artifacts may help shed some light on it.