Historical Marker
Clerk's Office
Historical marker location:
12235 Bristow Road, Brentsville, Virginia
( Marker is on Bristow Road (Virginia Route 619) just west of Barbee Road, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2007
Brentsville.
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.