First Mass. Cavalry

Historical marker location:

40623 Snickersville Turnpike, Aldie, Virginia

( Memorial is on Snickersville Turnpike (Virginia Route 734) west of Oatlands Road (Virginia Route 650), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1889

The first African American governor in the United States, L. Douglas Wilder, was elected in Virginia in 1989.