Historical Marker
Granite Acroterion
Historical marker location:
1644 North McKinley Road, Arlington, Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Washington Boulevard (Virginia Route 237) and North McKinley Road, on the right when traveling west on Washington Boulevard.)
Marker installed: 2009
1926.
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.