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For Now, an Unknown Monument Pivotal to Our History Is Safe From Historical Purges

For Now, an Unknown Monument Pivotal to Our History Is Safe From Historical Purges
The reconstructed Fort Necessity on southern Pennsylvania is seen on Oct. 11, 2014. Wilson44691/Wikimedia Commons
Salena Zito
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JUMONVILLE, Pennsylvania—What happened here 266 years ago had repercussions so profound they changed the course of world history abruptly and irreversibly. A disputed moment occurred that led to the French and Indian War, the first true world war that would drag on for seven years, draw blood on five continents, and have costs that would directly lead to a colonial uprising.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.
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