Raleigh Tavern
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The Raleigh Tavern was a tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia, and was one of the largest taverns in colonial Virginia. It gained some fame in the pre-American Revolutionary War Colony of Virginia as a ga
Reconstructed Raleigh Tavern from Duke of Gloucester Street
Engraving of the Apollo Room as it appeared in the 1850s during the visit by Benson Lossing
The reconstructed tavern
House of Burgesses
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The House of Burgesses was the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly from 1619 to 1776. It existed during the colonial history of the United States in the Colony of Virginia in what was then Br
Raleigh Tavern
…in the pre-American Revolutionary War Colony of Virginia as a gathering place for legislators after several Royal Governors officially dissolved the House of Burgesses, the elected legislative body, when their actions did not suit the Crown. It was also the site of the founding of the Phi Beta Kappa Society on December…
1851 painting of Patrick Henry making a speech in the house on March 23, 1765
House of Burgesses in the Capitol Williamsburg James City County Virginia by Frances Benjamin Johnston
Depiction of the First Legislative Assembly in English America, 1619
Second Capitol at Williamsburg (viewed from Duke of Gloucester Street)