Join us on June 7th at Stratford Hall for Virginia Resolved: A Commemoration of Independence, a day of festivities marking the 249th anniversary of Richard Henry Lee’s Resolution on Independence. On June 7, 1776, acting on the instructions of the 5th Virginia Convention, Northern Neck native Richard Henry Lee introduced in the 2nd Continental Congress a motion to recognize the Colonies as “free and independent states” and “dissolve all political connection” between them and Great Britain. This commemorative day will…
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