February 24th, 2024, Saturday (11:00 am) – Commemoration 1766 Leedstown Resolutions, Oak Grove, VA
Host/POC: James Monroe Chapter VASSAR / Charles Belfield.
Location:  Ingleside Winery, 5872 Leedstown Rd., Oak Grove, VA.
Details: During a fireside chat between brothers Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, they will discuss the origins of the seeds of rebellion planted after the French and Indian War in 1763. After the lengthy and costly war, Britain was under a massive debt load and had to find relief. Several egregious acts ensued, including the 1765 Stamp Act, taxation without representation, and other taxes were raised to defray the debt and interest. The responses from the Colonists, including the 1766 Leedstown Resolutions, were just the tip of the iceberg. The spiral of discontent had begun, and a flame had touched down on the long fuse to the biggest powder keg of all that would ignite the American Revolutionary War. More information and registration, click here: registration.
-RBM