Elder John Leland

Historical marker location:

Orange, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Constitution Highway (State Highway 20) and Clifton Road (County Route 628), on the right when traveling west on Constitution Highway.)

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.