Historical Marker
Lee Catches Meade
Historical marker location:
11619 Iron Brigade Unit Ave, Bristow, Virginia
( Marker can be reached from 10th Alabama Way, 0.1 miles south of Iron Brigade Unit Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)
Bristoe Station.
The first successful English attempt to establish a colony in North America was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 on Roanoke Island, off the coast of Virginia.