Historical Marker
The Enslaved Community
Historical marker location:
20850 Oatlands Plantation Ln, Leesburg, Virginia
( Marker is on Oatlands Plantation Lane, 0.4 miles James Monroe Highway (U.S. 15), on the left when traveling south.)
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.