George Mason, Lorton, Virginia - American Revolution Patriot Graves on Waymarking.com

George Mason was an American, planter, politician and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787. He wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776, which became the basis of the United States Bill of Rights. While not really known during his lifetime or even after his death, George Mason has slowly grown in popularity over the years, schools have been named after him, statues erected in Virginia and D.C.

"A provincial slaveholding tobacco planter took his turn as a revolutionary. In tune with some of the leading intellectual currents of the Western world, he played a central role in drafting a declaration of rights and the 1776 Virginia state constitution. For his own reasons, he fought against ratifying the handiwork of the 1787 Philadelphia convention ... Two centuries later, perhaps we can come to terms with his legacy—with how far we have come, how much we have gained, whether because of him or despite him, and, too, with how much we may have lost. Surely there is much of Mason that we cherish, wish to keep, and can readily celebrate." - Peter Wallenstein

Patriot Name: George Mason Type of Service Provided: non-signer of the Declaration of Independance Cemetery Name: Mason Family Cemetery Text of the Grave Marker: George Mason departed this Life on the 7th day of October 1792 in the 67th year of his Age Principal Author of the First Constitution of Virginia and of the Virginia Declaration of Rights ~Basis of the Federal Bill of Rights~ Grave Marker Type: Limestone Tomb Historical Background: George Mason was an American, planter, politician and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787. He wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776, which became the basis of the United States Bill of Rights. While not really known during his lifetime or even after his death, George Mason has slowly grown in popularity over the years, schools have been named after him, statues erected in Virginia and D.C.

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