Mount Pleasant

Historical marker location:

Millers Tavern, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Richmond Tappahannock Highway (U.S. 360) and Bruington Road (Route 621), on the right when traveling east on Richmond Tappahannock Highway.)

Marker installed: 1994

The first Thanksgiving in North America was celebrated in Virginia in 1619, a year before the Pilgrims celebrated their first Thanksgiving in Massachusetts.