Veterans Memorial Trees

Historical marker location:

165 Gordons Fairgrounds Rd, Amherst, Virginia

( Memorial is on Gordons Fairground Roads (Virginia Route 777) 0.1 miles south of Richmond Highway (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling north.)

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.