Historical Marker
Tracks into History
Historical marker location:
Dunn Loring, Virginia
( Marker is on Sandburg Street, on the right when traveling south.)
The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad.
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.