Credit: (Inset) Courtesy of the Museum at Fort Ticonderoga; (Lithograph) Library of Congress
George Washington was a young man of 21 (inset) when he was sent to Fort LeBoeuf to warn the French to vacate the area. He also served under General Braddock two years later, and escaped injury during the battle that claimed Braddock's life. That battle is depicted in this lithograph.
