John Houston Squires

Historical marker location:

Blacksburg, Virginia

( Marker is on Alumni Mall (Virginia Route 314) west of North Main Street (Business U.S. 460), on the right when traveling east.)

(1882-1934).

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.