The First General Assembly of Virginia

In honour of

The First General Assembly

of Virginia,

here

on the thirtieth day of July A.D. 1916.

Summoned by Sir George Yeardley,

Governor General of Virginia,

under authority from the London Company, pursuant to the charter granted by King James I, was convened in the church ...

The General Assembly of Virginia

On the site of this

building

The General Assembly

of Virginia

met from 1780 to 1788

and

it was from here that the

Assembly was driven

in 1781

by the news of the approach

of the British Army

Placed in 1915 by the City of Richmond

at the request of the Commonwealth ...