Executions in the Yard

Historical marker location:

10 Ashby Street, Warrenton, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Ashby Street and Waterloo Street (Business U.S. 211).)

The Gallows.

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.