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 Mural Tablets in the Tower The Clock

in the tower of the church was originally in the Virginia House of Burgesses. After a silence of many years, it was restored in 1905 by the Society of Colonial Dames of America in Virginia.

The Bell

in the tower is engraved: "The Gift of James Tarpley to Bruton Parish, 1761." In 1766 it celebrated the repeal of the Stamp Act. On May the 15th 1776, it celebrated the passing of a resolution by the House of Burgesses to establish a State Constitution and Declaration of Rights, and to instruct the Virginia Delegates in Congress to offer a resolution to declare the United Colonies free and independent states. In 1783 it celebrated the ratification of the Treaty of Peace between the United States and Great Britian

On the Gallery

Lord Dunmore's Gallery

This gallery was occupied by Lord Dunmore Who removed from his accustomed seat among the Burgesses just prior to the outbreak