[music playing] These events marked the opening of what would become known as the French and Indian War. The outnumbered ... of a broader network of frontier forts stretching from east to west ...

Several forts have stood on this site ... the British colonies of Georgia and Carolina. At the end of the French and Indian War in 1763, the fort was abandoned and left to decay.

But did you know that other French and Indian War-era forts once covered the area? When making your way around Washington County, it's a common sight to see large Maryland historical marker signs.

The site of the first skirmish of the seven-year-long French and Indian War has been verified after a four-week archaeological dig that involved multiple organizations found artifacts, including ...