Giles County / Montgomery County

Historical marker location:

2667 Forest Srv Rd, Newport, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Virginia Avenue (U.S. 460) and Forest Service Road (Road 269), in the median on Virginia Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1942

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.