The Mud March

Historical marker location:

29 Banks Ford Pkwy, Fredericksburg, Virginia

( Marker is on Warrenton Road (U.S. 17) 0.1 miles east of Greenbank and Berea Church Roads (County Route 656), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1998

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.