Historical Marker
Powel Coach
Historical marker location:
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Alexandria, Virginia
( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Mount Vernon Memorial Highway (Virginia Route 235) and George Washington Memorial Parkway, on the right when traveling east.)
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.