Sedgwick

Historical marker location:

8116 Brock Rd, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia

( Memorial is at the intersection of Grant Drive and Brock Road (County Route 613), on the left when traveling north on Grant Drive.)

Marker installed: 1887

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.