Blue Ridge Turnpike

Historical marker location:

1120 Old Blue Ridge Turnpike, Criglersville, Virginia

( Marker is on Old Blue Ridge Turnpike (Virginia Route 670) 0.2 miles west of Poor House Road (Virginia Route 642), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2016

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.