Historical Marker

Seven Pines

Historical marker location:
23 E. Williamsburg Road, Sandston, Virginia
( Marker is on E Williamsburg Road (U.S. 60), on the left when traveling west.)

Bloody Stalemate. 1862 Peninsula Campaign.

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.