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| Battle of the Great Bridge By Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings - Screen capture from John Selby's Revolution in Virginia: |
Serving clients in the Chesapeake, Virginia, region, Kenneth Basnight guides Basnight Land and Lawn, offering quality landscaping and maintenance services. A longtime Rotarian, Kenneth "Kent" Basnight values giving back to the community and helped raise $80,000 for the Great Bridge Battlefield and Waterways History Foundation.
A pivotal confrontation between British and the American troops in the early stages of Revolutionary War, the Battle of Great Bridge occurred eight months following Lexington and Concord, on December 9, 1775. Victory by patriots in the marshland setting forced the British Royal Governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, and his forces to evacuate. It also enabled the Virginia Convention to forcefully make its first ever public declaration of independence only four days later.
A popular historic destination, the battlefield is known for its annual two-day reenactment, which attracts participants in authentic garb and visitors from across the country. A recent initiative of the foundation has been the creation of a visitor’s center, constructed in the style of the Colonial era.
