Historical Marker

A View from the Beginning

Historical marker location:
6918 County Rd 723, Alexandria, Virginia
( Marker can be reached from Huntley Meadows Lane west of Harrison Lane (County Road 723), on the right when traveling west.)

Welcome to the 1820s.

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.
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