Culpeper County / Orange County

Historical marker location:

Mitchells, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Zachary Taylor Highway (U.S. 522) and Twin Mountains Road (Virginia Route 647), on the right when traveling north on Zachary Taylor Highway.)

Marker installed: 1946

The first Thanksgiving in North America was celebrated in Virginia in 1619, a year before the Pilgrims celebrated their first Thanksgiving in Massachusetts.