"October Glory" Red Maple

Historical marker location:

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from U.S. Geological Survey Drive south of Sunrise Valley Drive, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1997

(Acer rubrum L.).

In 1954, the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, originated from a lawsuit filed by parents in Virginia.