Washington-Rochambeau Route

Historical marker location:

Yorktown, Virginia

( Marker is on Old Williamsburg Road (Virginia Route 1020) 0.3 miles south of Fusiliers Redoubt Ramp, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1976

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.