Historical Marker

Ice Cream Stand

Historical marker location:
Tangier, Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Main Ridge Road and Thomas Road on Main Ridge Road.)

Site of Tangier's only unsolved murder.

Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there. Additionally, two more presidents, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, were born in what is now Virginia before it became a state.