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- written by George Washington and George Mason on July 17, 1774, at Mount Vernon and adopted on July 18, 1774, by a Fairfax County convention chaired by George Washington. Also, see full text located at Gunston Hall site.
Text of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
- written by George Mason and adopted by the Virginia Constitutional Convention on June 12, 1776. This document was the source of the preamble to the American Declaration of Independence authored by fellow Virginian, Thomas Jefferson, a few months later. It was also the foundation for the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution.
- Birthplace of Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, only two brothers to sign the Declaration of Independence. And later, home of Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, famous calvary leader during the Revolutionary War and father of Confederate General Robert E. Lee (also born here in 1807). "Light Horse Harry" Lee is the one who eulogized George Washington with saying he was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
- This controversial figure played a prominent role in the Carolina & Virginia Campaigns of the Revolutionary War. He has often been portayed as an arch villian in the war. This site may be of interest to those that are willing to see this man in a different light. There may be more than our popular history says about him. This is particularly appropiate in light of the recent movie, The Patriot, in which Tarleton is used as the model for the villian Colonel William Tavington.
- Last year, the Virginia General Assembly conducted a cost study for maintaining the burial sites of Revolutionary War patriots in Virginia. The study does not identify all of the RevWar patriots buried in the state, but it does identify 2,217 patriots, both American & French, and where they are buried. What's more, the report is online and can be downloaded in a variety of formats.
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