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To mark the 250th anniversary of the Fairfax Resolves, a central document in the coming of the American Revolution co-authored by George Mason and George Washington, join emerging and leading historians for a two-day conference this July 24th and 25th which will examine the origins and causes of the War for American Independence. George Mason’s Gunston Hall, the George Washington Presidential Library and the David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society are co-hosting this conference that explores the origins of the Revolutionary War with a particular attention paid to the Fairfax Resolves.