Colonel John Singleton Mosby

Historical marker location:

Chantilly, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway (U.S. 50) and Sully Road (Virginia Route 28), on the right when traveling west on Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway.)

Marker installed: 1986

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