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In
May of 1776, the fifth Virginia Convention
(which fully replaced the discontinued House of
Burgesses) met at the Capitol in Williamsburg
and produced a resolution calling on the
Continental Congress to declare the American
colonies free and independent from England. The
resolution, once passed, led to the writing of
the
Declaration of Independence, which was
penned primarily by
Thomas Jefferson. On June 12, 1776 The
Virginia Convention, still in session in
Williamsburg, adopted the first Declaration of
Rights in America.
Williamsburg
is also home to the College of William and Mary,
the second oldest college in America.
In
the early 20th Century, the
restoration of Williamsburg, one of the
largest historic restorations ever undertaken,
was championed by the Reverend Dr. W.A.R.
Goodwin and
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who wanted to
celebrate the patriots and the early history of
America.
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