Baron Von Steuben

Historical marker location:

Yorktown, Virginia

( Marker is on Historical Tour Drive, 0.7 miles west of Surrender Road (Virginia Route 634), on the left when traveling west.)

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.