416th Bombardment Group

Historical marker location:

1 Memorial Avenue, Arlington, Virginia

( Memorial can be reached from Wilson Avenue west of Roosevelt Drive, on the left when traveling west.)

World War II - European Theater. 1943 - 1945.

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.