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Historical marker location:

1732 Popes Creek Road, Colonial Beach, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Popes Creek Road and Bridges Creek Road.)

Marker installed: 2015

George Washington Birthplace National Monument.

In 1954, the Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, originated from a lawsuit filed by parents in Virginia.