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These Trees (Historical Marker)

GPS Coordinates: 38.7808477, -77.0533682

These Trees (Historical Marker)

Here follows the inscription written on this roadside historical marker:

These trees were planted in commemoration of the eight Presidents of the United States who were sons of Virginia.

George Washington 1789-1797
Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809
James Madison 1809-1817
James Monroe 1817-1825
Wm. Henry Harrison 1841-1841
John Tyler 1841-1845
Zachary Taylor 1849-1850
Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

Erected 1932 by the Mt. Vernon Chapter N.S.D.A.R. (National Society Daughters of the American Revolution), Alexandria, Virginia.


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More about this marker. These eight Virginians were the first, third, fourth, fifth, ninth, tenth, twelfth, and twenty eighth Presidents of the United States.

Regarding These Trees. The eight trees, if they are still standing, are no longer distinguishable in the vegetation.

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