Historical Marker
Major Gabriel Long
Historical marker location:
N Blue Ridge Ave, Culpeper, Virginia
( Memorial is on North Blue Ridge Avenue, 0.1 miles south of West Edmondson Street, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2015
The first successful English attempt to establish a colony in North America was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 on Roanoke Island, off the coast of Virginia.