Fairfax Resolves 250

Define Your Freedom: Celebrate Fairfax Resolves!

The Fairfax Resolves guided the definition of the Declaration of Independence – What does that legacy mean today?

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Event Information Has Been Posted!!

250th Anniversary events will occur JULY 18-20, 2024

The Fairfax Resolves Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) is working with Alexandria and Fairfax governments and historic associations to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Fairfax Resolves with three days of activities, from July 18-20, 2024. SAR, DAR and C.A.R. and others from around the nation will descend on the region for this once in a lifetime celebration.

See The Locations

Celebrations will occur at the following locations relevant to the development of the Fairfax Resolves

READ THE RESOLVES

Read the Fairfax Resolves! What does its legacy mean to you? Read a transcript of the document here. Or, read the original here.

Join Fairfax Resolves

Learn about the historic preservation, education and patriotic efforts of the Sons of the American Revolution. Honor your Patriot ancestors and join us today!

The Signers

Who signed the Fairfax Resolves? Here is a list! (More information on Wikipedia)

  • Robert Adam
  • Charles Alexander
  • Philip Alexander
  • Charles Broadwater
  • William Brown
  • John Carlyle
  • Martin Cockburne
  • Townsend Dade, Jr.
  • John Dalton
  • George Gilpin
  • Henry Gunnell
  • Robert Hanson Harrison
  • William Hartshorne
  • James Kirk
  • Thomas Lewis
  • George Mason
  • Lee Massey
  • Edward Payne
  • William Payne
  • Thomas Pollard
  • William Ramsay
  • William Rumney
  • Thomas Triplett
  • George Washington, Esq.
  • John West

The Fairfax Resolves SAR Chapter is committed to placing a plaque at the gravesite of each of the original 25 signers of the Fairfax Resolves.

The FR250 Team

Meet the planning committee to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Fairfax Resolves

Event Committee Chairman

  • Jeff Thomas

Ceremonies Subcommittees

  • Chair – Forrest Crain
  • Vice Chair – Janice Dixon

Tours Subcommittee

  • Chair – Jim Cordes

Restaurants Subcommittee

  • Chair – Tim Dioquino

Hotel / Registration Subcommittee

  • Chair – Jon Rymer
  • Vice Chair – Tim Dioquino

Descendants Subcommittee

  • Chair – David Peters
  • Vice Chair – Jim Cordes

Proclamations Subcommittee

  • Chair – David Meyer
  • Vice Chair – Tom Clarke

Merchandise Subcommittee

  • Chair – Juris Kelley

Publicity Subcommittee

  • Chair – Darrin Schmidt
  • Vice Chair – Anita Bonner

And many other members of the SAR, DAR, 250 Planning Commissions, local officials, and more.

What Are We Celebrating?

The Places

  • George Washington’s Mount Vernon
  • George Mason’s Gunston Hall
  • Historic Pohick Episcopal Church
  • Market Square in Old Town Alexandria
Locations important to the Fairfax Resolves: Mount Vernon, Gunston Hall, Pohick Church, Market Square in Alexandria
Fairfax Resolves Color Guard honors Col. William Grayson and Rev. Spence Grayson

The People

  • George Mason
  • George Washington
  • Thomas Triplett and Signers of the Fairfax Resolves

“The Fairfax Resolves were the strongest documented stand against British oppression up to this time in America. George Washington carried the Fairfax Resolves to Williamsburg in August 1774, and from there to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where they influenced the formation of the Continental Association of October 20th, 1774.”

George Mason, the Fairfax County Resolves and the American Revolution, Fletcher Shaw, 1982

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