Confederate Defenses

Historical marker location:

14200 St Germain Dr, Centreville, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Machen Road and Lee Highway (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling south on Machen Road.)

Marker installed: 1999

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.