Historical Marker
Confederate Monument
Historical marker location:
274 Gay St, Washington, Virginia
( Memorial is on Gay Street just south of Piedmont Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1900
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.