British Defenses

Historical marker location:

Farmington, Pennsylvania

( Marker can be reached from Washington Parkway, 0.4 miles south of Washington Pike (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling west.)

Fort Necessity National Battlefield. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Philadelphia was once the temporary capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800, while Washington D.C. was being built.