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Dedication of an eight patriot granite marker at Old Potts Graveyard
Saturday, October 28, 2023, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Category: CHAPTER SPONSORED EVENT

Location:  Old Potts Graveyard 15223-15035 Shannondale road, Purcellville, VA 20132

Advise Mark Sink, [email protected], if your chapter will participate in the musket volley, present a wreath and/or carry your chapter flag in Color Guard.  Please identify the name and position in your Chapter of participants for wreaths, flags and muskets.  Musketmen must have VASSAR certification to fire.

 The cemetery was establish by David Potts from land he purchased in 1746.  Several generations of his descendants rest in the cemetery.  Several “Married in” families are also interred there.  This is one of the oldest, continuously used cemeteries in Loudoun County.  The present caretaker is  Edwin Potts, 6th Great Grandson of David Potts.


Contact: Mark Sink ([email protected])