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Old Presbyterian Meeting House - Burial Ground
Old Presbyterian Meeting House - Burial Ground 321 South Fairfax St. GPS Coordinates: 38.801466, -77.043606Burial Ground – Old Presbyterian Meeting House (opmh.org) Honors:The George Washington Chapter works to develop a biography for each individual in the SAR Patriot Research System (PRS) and commemorates with SAR grave markers. Additional markers from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) are also located at many of the gravestones. Plan your visit:Located on the property of the Old Presbyterian Meeting House. Visitation to the cemetery is unrestricted. Street parking is nearby. Acknowledgement:The Virginia SAR administers the Revolutionary War Graves and Cemeteries Fund of the Code of Virginia (§10.1-2211.1) and has registered these Patriots to support funding and maintaining the cemetery annually. |  Photo courtesy of Jamie Callender. |
Memorial Marker Oʟᴅ Pʀᴇsʙʏᴛᴇʀɪᴀɴ Mᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢ Hᴏᴜsᴇ Bᴜʀɪᴀʟ Gʀᴏᴜɴᴅ Iɴ ᴛʜɪs ᴄᴇᴍᴇᴛᴇʀʏ ʀᴇsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜʟʏ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴs ᴏғ Pᴀᴛʀɪᴏᴛs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ Rᴇᴠᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴᴀʀʏ Wᴀʀ, ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴏғ ᴡʜᴏᴍ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴏғ Sᴄᴏᴛᴛɪsʜ ᴀɴᴄᴇsᴛʀʏ. Tʜᴇsᴇ ᴘᴀᴛʀɪᴏᴛs, ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴀɴʏ Pʀᴇsʙʏᴛᴇʀɪᴀɴs ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀʟᴇxᴀɴᴅʀɪᴀ, ғᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏғ Lɪʙᴇʀᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀssɪsᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ Sᴏʟᴅɪᴇʀs ᴏғ Wᴀsʜɪɴɢᴛᴏɴ's Aʀᴍɪᴇs. Tʜᴇ Oʟᴅ Pʀᴇsʙʏᴛᴇʀɪᴀɴ Mᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢ Hᴏᴜsᴇ ᴀʟsᴏ ᴀᴅᴍɪɴɪsᴛᴇʀs ᴛʜᴇ Pʀᴇsʙʏᴛᴇʀɪᴀɴ Cᴇᴍᴇᴛᴇʀʏ ᴏɴ Hᴀᴍɪʟᴛᴏɴ Lᴀɴᴇ ɪɴ ᴀʟᴇxᴀɴᴅʀɪᴀ, ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ Pᴀᴛʀɪᴏᴛs ʀᴇsᴛ. The George Washington Chapter, Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution | Additional Patriots have been identified since the original SAR memorial plaque posted in 2006, including:
* = John Hunter is interred at Pohick Episcopal Church Cemetery. ** = William Ladd is a descendant of a Mayflower passenger and qualifying for Patriots to Passengers Project. *** = Thomas Porter was a Boston Tea Party participant |