Clara H. Barton

Historical marker location:

Fairfax Station, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Ox Road (Virginia Route 123) and Fairfax Station Road, on the right when traveling south on Ox Road.)

Marker installed: 1961

Founder of the American Red Cross.

In 1954, the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, originated from a lawsuit filed by parents in Virginia.