A Rich Prize

Historical marker location:

336 Belle Grove Road, Middletown, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Belle Grove Road.)

7:00 a.m.. Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park.

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.