Benjamin Harrison V

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'''Benjamin Harrison V''' (April 5, 1726{{spaced ndash}}April 24, 1791) was an American [[Planter class|planter]] and merchant, and a legislator of [[Colony of Virginia|colonial Virginia]]; he also served as a delegate of the [[Continental Congress|United States Continental Congress]]. As a signer of the [[Continental Association]] and of the [[United States Declaration of Independence| Declaration of Independence]], he was a [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]]. He also served as Virginia's governor (1781–1784), affirming a tradition of public service in the [[Harrison family of Virginia|Harrison family]].

'''Benjamin Harrison V''' (April 5, 1726{{spaced ndash}}April 24, 1791) was an American [[Planter class|planter]] and merchant, and a legislator of [[Colony of Virginia|colonial Virginia]]; he also served as a delegate to the [[Continental Congress|United States Continental Congress]]. As a signer of the [[Continental Association]] and of the [[United States Declaration of Independence| Declaration of Independence]], he was a [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]]. He also served as Virginia's governor (1781–1784), affirming a tradition of public service in the [[Harrison family of Virginia|Harrison family]].

Benjamin was born at the family homestead, [[Berkeley plantation]], where in 1619 there occurred one of the first recognized observances of a day of [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]]. It is also the location where the Army bugle call of [[Taps (bugle call)|"Taps"]] was written and first played in 1862.{{sfn|Dowdey|1957|pp=29–37}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=9511|title=John F. Kennedy XXXV President, Thanksgiving Proclamation, Nov. 5, 1963|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=November 28, 2019}}</ref> Benjamin served an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia [[House of Burgesses]], alternately representing [[Surry County, Virginia|Surry County]] and [[Charles City County, Virginia|Charles City County]]. He was among the early [[Patriot (American Revolution)|patriots]] to formally protest measures that King [[George III]] and the [[Parliament of Great Britain|British Parliament]] imposed upon the [[Thirteen Colonies|American colonies]], leading to the [[American Revolution]]. Although a slaveholder, Harrison joined a 1772 petition to the king, requesting that he [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolish the slave trade]].

Benjamin was born at the family homestead, [[Berkeley plantation]], where in 1619 there occurred one of the first recognized observances of a day of [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]]. It is also the location where the Army bugle call of [[Taps (bugle call)|"Taps"]] was written and first played in 1862.{{sfn|Dowdey|1957|pp=29–37}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=9511|title=John F. Kennedy XXXV President, Thanksgiving Proclamation, Nov. 5, 1963|publisher=The American Presidency Project|access-date=November 28, 2019}}</ref> Benjamin served an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia [[House of Burgesses]], alternately representing [[Surry County, Virginia|Surry County]] and [[Charles City County, Virginia|Charles City County]]. He was among the early [[Patriot (American Revolution)|patriots]] to formally protest measures that King [[George III]] and the [[Parliament of Great Britain|British Parliament]] imposed upon the [[Thirteen Colonies|American colonies]], leading to the [[American Revolution]]. Although a slaveholder, Harrison joined a 1772 petition to the king, requesting that he [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolish the slave trade]].