"A Wild, Wicked Roar"

Historical marker location:

Locust Grove, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Hill-Ewell Drive, 0.1 miles south of Constitution Highway (Virginia Route 20), on the left when traveling south.)

The Battle of the Wilderness.

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.