Jackson on the Move

Historical marker location:

12015 Sawhill Blvd, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia

( Marker is on McLaws Drive, on the right when traveling south.)

The Battle of Chancellorsville. 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.