George Mason of Gunston Hall was a scholarly craftsman of government during America\'s crucial formative years.
Fellow Virginian Thomas Jefferson said of Mason that he "was of the first order of greatness." Few Americans who.
His Virginia Declaration of Rights provided a sense of purpose and direction to the rebellious colonies, and his vigorous insistence on the protection of personal liberties in the Constitution is reflected in the document\'s first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights.
George Mason of Gunston Hall was a scholarly craftsman of government during America\'s crucial formative years