Sharpsburg / Antietam Campaign

Historical marker location:

1117 Reston Ave, Dranesville, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Reston Avenue and Leesburg Pike (Virginia Route 7), on the right when traveling north on Reston Avenue.)

Marker installed: 2016

Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there. Additionally, two more presidents, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, were born in what is now Virginia before it became a state.