On this day 250 years ago at the Capitol in Williamsburg, the Virginia General Assembly convened for the first time.

Today, October 7, 2026, the Virginia General Assembly convened at the reconstructed Capitol in Colonial Williamsburg to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Assembly’s founding.

Source: “Honoring Our History, Building for Our Future”, Trend & Tradition: The Magazine of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Summer 2026) at 5; https://vga.virginia.gov/