Seven Days' Battles Begin

Historical marker location:

4300 Mechanicsville Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Mechanicsville Turnpike (U.S. 360) near Springdale Road, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2010

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.