VIRGINIA HISTORY TRAILS: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT TRAIL
Virginia is the birthplace of our democracy. America’s representative government began when Virginia’s first General Assembly met in 1619. Below is a list of sites and stories on the Representative Government themed trail on Virginia History Trails.
Central Virginia
• Adele Goodman Clark, Richmond, VA • Buffalo Church, Pamplin, VA • Civil Rights Movement, Richmond, VA • Cynthia Dinah Fannon Kinser, Richmond, VA • Elizabeth Bermingham Lacy, Richmond, VA • Eva Fleming Scott, Richmond, VA • Executive Mansion, Richmond, VA • Hermanze E. Fauntleroy Jr./ Dr. Florence Farley, Petersburg, VA • Highland, Charlottesville, VA • James Madison, Montpelier Station, VA • James Madison Museum, Orange, VA • James Monroe, Charlottesville, VA • Jamestown Discovery Trail, Henrico, VA • Jerry Falwell Museum & Library, Lynchburg, VA • John Marshall, Richmond, VA • John Mercer Langston, Louisa, VA • Joseph Jenkins Roberts (Liberia), Petersburg, VA • L. Douglas Wilder Elected Governor, Richmond, VA • Leroy Rountree Hassell, Richmond, VA • Mattaponi Indians, King William County, VA • Moton School Strike, Farmville, VA • Patrick Henry, Beaverdam, VA • Patrick Henry’s Scotchtown, Beaverdam, VA • Red Hill Patrick Henry Natl. Memorial, Brookneal, VA • Reverend L. Francis Griffin Sr., Farmville, VA • Richmond Liberty Trail, Richmond, VA • Richmond Theater Fire, Richmond, VA • Road to Revolution Heritage Trail, Richmond, VA • State Capitol, Richmond, VA
• Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA • Virginia Anti-Saloon League, Richmond, VA • Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Richmond, VA • William Ferguson Reid, Richmond, VA • Zachary Taylor, Barboursville, VA
Chesapeake Bay
• George Washington Birthplace, Colonial Beach, VA • Morgan v. Virginia (1946), Saluda, VA • Pamunkey Indians, King William, VA • William “Extra Billy” Smith, King George, VA
Coastal
• 1619 First Representative Assembly, Historic Jamestown, VA • Anti-Lynching Law, Norfolk, VA • Bacon’s Rebellion, Historic Jamestown, VA • Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA • Eastville Historic District, Eastville, VA • Elizabeth Key Grinstead, Historic Jamestown, VA • House of Burgesses Meets, Historic Jamestown, VA • John Punch, Historic Jamestown, VA • John Smith, Historic Jamestown, VA • John Tyler, Charles City, VA • Poll Tax (Evelyn Butts), Norfolk, VA • Readjuster Party (William Mahone), Courtland, VA • Representative Government, Jamestown Settlement, VA • Sarah Lee Fain, Norfolk, VA • Sir William & Frances Berkeley, Williamsburg, VA • St. George Tucker, Williamsburg, VA • Virginia Declaration of Rights, Mason Neck, VA • William Henry Harrison, Charles City, VA • Yvonne Bond Miller, Norfolk, VA
Northern Virginia
• DEA Museum & Visitors Center, Arlington, VA • First Roman Catholic Settlement, Stafford, VA • Gadsby’s Tavern, Alexandria, VA • George Mason, Mason Neck, VA • George Washington, Mount Vernon, VA • Leslie Larkin Byrne, Annandale, VA • Occoquan Workhouse, Lorton, VA
• Restored Government of Virginia, Alexandria, VA • Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730, Dumfries, VA
Shenandoah Valley
• Virginia Born Presidents, Staunton, VA • Woodrow Wilson, Staunton, VA
Southern Virginia
• Charlotte County Courthouse, Charlotte Court House, VA • Ex Parte Virginia (1880), Chatham, VA • Lady Astor, Danville, VA
Southwest Virginia
• Helen T. Henderson, Big Stone Gap, VA • Overmountain Victory NHT, Abingdon, VA • Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, VA • SW Virginia Museum Historic State Park, Big Stone Gap, VA
Virginia Mountains
• Linwood Holton, Roanoke, VA