Vision, Initiative, and Dedication

Historical marker location:

7301 High Point Road, Lorton, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Mason Neck State Park Road, ½ mile west of High Point Road.)

Mason Neck State Park and Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge.

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.