Brownsburg

Historical marker location:

2707 Brownsburg Tpk, Brownsburg, Virginia

( Marker is on Brownsburg Turnpike (Virginia Route 252) just south of Hays Creek Road (County Route 724), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2001

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.