George Washington's Forest

Historical marker location:

3200 Mount Vernon Hwy, Alexandria, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Mount Vernon Highway (Virginia Route 235) and George Washington Memorial Parkway.)

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.