Field Fortifications

Historical marker location:

33229 Old Valley Pike, Strasburg, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Valley Pike (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles west of Signal Knob Drive, on the right when traveling south.)

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.