Crawford's Sweep

Historical marker location:

Church Road, Virginia

( Marker is on Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) ½ mile north of White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling north.)

Petersburg National Battlefield.

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.