William E. Carson

Historical marker location:

Front Royal, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Stonewall Jackson Highway (U.S. 340) and Skyline Drive, on the right when traveling south on Stonewall Jackson Highway.)

Marker installed: 1941

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.