Ellwood

Historical marker location:

Locust Grove, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Constitution Highway (Virginia Route 20), on the left when traveling west.)

The Battle of the Wilderness. Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.

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.