The Wise guide to historic places in Virginia, 1607-1907 . POWDKIi HOKX. The Palace was the executive mansion. It wasburned during the Revolution. A stone monument marksthe historical spot, it is now utilized for a school building. A stone monument has been erected by the Associationfor the preservation of Virginia Anticjuities, on the siteof the old House of Burgesses, which long ago was de-stroyed bv fire. The site is at the end of the Duke of. Gloucester Street, about one mile from William andMarys College which is at the other terminus of thestreet. Between these two Historic points have b
The Wise guide to historic places in Virginia, 1607-1907 . POWDKIi HOKX. The Palace was the executive mansion. It wasburned during the Revolution. A stone monument marksthe historical spot, it is now utilized for a school building. A stone monument has been erected by the Associationfor the preservation of Virginia Anticjuities, on the siteof the old House of Burgesses, which long ago was de-stroyed bv fire. The site is at the end of the Duke of. Gloucester Street, about one mile from William andMarys College which is at the other terminus of thestreet. Between these two Historic points have been en-acted scenes more vital to the nation than any other ter-ritory of equal extent. Times devastating march haslaid in ruins places we vain would visit today, but free-doms soil is still there and is consecrated ground. The Powdered wigs, satin coats, and silver buckles, thehabiliaments of the body, we do not see, but we hear theecho of Treason Treason as the uncouth youth, inrough garb, and disheveled hair, eye flashing-soul on fire^concludes that mighty fiat with If this be treason, makethe most of it. And in thus denouncing the Stamp Actstruck a mighty blow for liberty. And the famous Vir-ginia Resolves embodying the principle No taxationwithout representation was the fruit which necessarilyfollowed, and which in its turn paved the way for theDeclaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights. Wiliamsburg was the place where Jeffe
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