Historical Marker
Jackson Monuments
Historical marker location:
9001 Plank Rd, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
( Marker is on Plank Road / Germania Highway (State Highway 3), on the right when traveling west.)
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.