Historical Marker
White House Bridge
Historical marker location:
150 US-340, Luray, Virginia
( Marker is on Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340) west of the business U.S. Route 340 South turnoff, on the right when traveling west.)
Critical Crossing. 1862 Valley Campaign.
The first Thanksgiving in North America was celebrated in Virginia in 1619, a year before the Pilgrims celebrated their first Thanksgiving in Massachusetts.