On July 3rd

The July 3, 1754 surrender is documented; the fort is reconstructed. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'Fort Necessity'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.

On July 3, 1863, a stray Minie ball passed through two doors and killed Jennie Wade as she baked—the battle’s only civilian death. The record dates it to 1863-07-03. Jennie Wade House's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. Sources including 'Jennie

On July 3, 1863, a stray rifle bullet passed through two doors and struck Jennie Wade in the back as she kneaded bread in her sister's kitchen — killing the only civilian of the Battle of Gettysburg, mid-battle, inside her own home. She was twenty. The house, still pocked with bullet holes, is now a shrine-museum that draws some of the battlefield's heaviest visitation.