Historical Marker
Beaver Dam Creek
Historical marker location:
7423 Cold Harbor Road, Mechanicsville, Virginia
( Marker can be reached from Cold Harbor Road (Virginia Route 156).)
Marker installed: 2010
1862 Seven Days' Battles.
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.