Ditchley and Cobbs

Historical marker location:

Kilmarnock, Virginia

( Marker is on Jessie Dupont Memorial Highway (Virginia Route 200) just south of Ditchley Road (County Route 607), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1930

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.