Great Seal of Virginia Turns 250
In Philadelphia, of course, Virginians were leading the 13 Colonies into the war that would free them from the British Empire. But others remained in Williamsburg, where the Virginia Convention was hard at work shaping what an independent state would look like. It ratified the Virginia Declaration of Rights, adopted the first written Constitution of Virginia, and elected Patrick Henry as the Commonwealth’s first governor.
- ▪In Philadelphia, of course, Virginians were leading the 13 Colonies into the war that would free them from the British Empire.
- ▪But others remained in Williamsburg, where the Virginia Convention was hard at work shaping what an independent state would look like.
- ▪It ratified the Virginia Declaration of Rights, adopted the first written Constitution of Virginia, and elected Patrick Henry as the Commonwealth’s first governor.
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