Leland-Madison Marker is located in Gordonsville (Town in Virginia), United States. It's address is 10519-10559 Clifton Rd, Rapidan, VA 22733.
10519-10559 Clifton Rd, Rapidan, VA 22733
7X4Q+X9 Rapidan, Virginia
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Where is Leland-Madison Marker?
Leland-Madison Marker is located at: 10519-10559 Clifton Rd, Rapidan, VA 22733.
What are the coordinates of Leland-Madison Marker?
Coordinates: 38.2574554, -78.0115328
Leland-Madison Marker Reviews
2016-08-03 01:20:15 GMT
This marker is THE MOST IMPORTANT marker of all in my humble opinion.
The monument commemorates OUR religious freedom that was the FIRST AMENDMENT to the Constitution.
Text on the marker:
ELDER JOHN LELAND
COURAGEOUS LEADER OF
THE BAPTIST DOCTRINE
ARDENT ADVOCATE OF THE PRINCIPLES
OF DEMOCRACY
VINDICATOR OF SEPARATION
OF CHURCH AND STATE.
NEAR THIS SPOT IN 1788, ELDER JOHN LELAND AND
JAMES MADISON, THE FATHER OF THE AMERICAN
CONSTITUTION HELD A SIGNIFICANT INTERVIEW
WHICH RESULTED IN THE ADOPTION OF THE
CONSTITUTION BY VIRGINIA. THEN MADISON,
A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM ORANGE PRESENTED
THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
GUARANTEEING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, FREE SPEECH AND
A FREE PRESS. THIS SATISFIED LELAND AND HIS
BAPTIST FOLLOWERS.
PRESENTED BY EUGENE BUCKLIN BOWEN, PRESIDENT
BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
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About Gordonsville
Town in VirginiaGordonsville is a town in Orange County in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Located about 19 miles northeast of Charlottesville and 65 miles northwest of Richmond, the population was 1,496 at the 2010 census. source
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