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Historical marker location:

421 Coxendale Rd, Dutch Gap, Virginia

( Marker is on Henricus Park Road, 1.4 miles east of Coxendale Road, on the left when traveling east.)

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.

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.