Historical Marker
Orange Graded School
Historical marker location:
Orange, Virginia
( Marker is on Dailey Drive west of Caroline Street (U.S. 15) and Berry Hill Road (Virginia Route 20), on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2014
Rosenwald Funded.
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.