Appalachian Trail

Historical marker location:

Blue Ridge, Virginia

( Marker is on Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 95.4), on the right when traveling north.)

Blue Ridge Parkway.

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.