The Richard Henry Lee Chapter of the Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution hosted a celebration of the 248th anniversary of the Battle of Cricket Hill on Tuesday, July 9, in front of the original battle earthworks at Morningstar Marinas in Cricket Hill.
Participating were Virginia Society SAR member and keynote speaker Dr. Patrick Hannum; representatives from the Norfolk, Richard Henry Lee and Thomas Nelson Jr. SAR chapters; Dr. Kenneth Hawkins, governor of the Virginia Society Order of Founders and Patriots of America; representatives of the Augustine Warner, Cobbs Hall and Cricket Hill National Society Daughters of the American Revolution chapters; and Dr. Cheryl Davis, State Librarian of Virginia DAR, and president of the National Society United States Daughters of 1812.
A brief history
Lord Dunmore (John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore) was the last Royal Governor of the colony of Virginia. In May 1774, after British Parliament closed Boston Harbor as punishment for t...