Historical Marker
Douglass Community School
Historical marker location:
407 East Market Street, Leesburg, Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of East Market Street (Business State Highway 7) and Sycolin Road (County Route 643), on the right when traveling west on East Market Street.)
Marker installed: 2007
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.