If you drove down North Loudoun Street, Saturday, you may have noticed an unusual flag flying.

Many in your community gathered to commemorate the French-Indian war at the site of the former Fort Loudoun. The military base built and overseen by then-Colonel George Washington.

The commemoration was capped off by the raising of the flag of England, lead by a representative of the British Embassy.

"This year's Fort Loudoun Day is very special because we decided this year to raise a British flag over the fort," Patrick Farris, the President of the French-Indian War Foundation, said. "The same type of British flag that was flown over the fort during the French-Indian War of the 1750s."

The history of Fort Loudoun is preserved by the French-Indian War Foundation of Winchester.

Fort Loudoun Day is held every May in line with the opening of tourist season and the start of the original construction of the fort in the 1750s.