Today I set out from my undisclosed location and found the birthplace of U.S. Army surgeon Dr. Walter Reed, after whom the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is named. It's located at the intersection of Gloucester County (Virginia) routes 614 and 616. In front of the house where he was born is this informational display.
The house includes two chimneys and is partly surrounded by hedges.
Here's the house from a different angle.
The plaques seen two pictures above are shown here close up.
The back of the house was in shade. A bird flies in the background on the left.
Another informational display, hosted by Mossie Mosquito, sets out some details from Dr. Reed's life. Some of it is about his time in Cuba, where he helped to determine that the disease Yellow Fever is spread my mosquitos.
To learn more about Walter Reed, go to American Experience, The Army Historical Foundation and Britannica.
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