Stratford Hall President Karen Daly talks about June 7, 1776--acting on the instructions of the 5th Virginia Convention, Northern Neck native Richard Henry Lee introduced in the Second Continental Congress a motion to recognize the Colonies as "free and indeendent states" and "dissolve all "political connection" between them and Great Britain.
Saturday at Stratford Hall:
--Living history, cavalry drills portraying the Light Dragoons, citizenship ceremony, colonial music and activities.
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LISTEN: "Virginia ResolvedA Commemoration of Independence," this Saturday at Stratford Hall