Hot Springs in Bath County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

The Hot Springs Conference

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, October 30, 2025

1. The Hot Springs Conference Marker

Inscription. The Hot Springs Conference

Here in the Homestead Hotel,
fourty-four nations conferred
May 18 - June 3, 1943
and proposed the creation
of the
Food and Agriculture
Organization
of the United Nations
dedicated to better living
for the
peoples of all the world.

Hot Springs, Virginia
June 3, 1963

Erected 1963 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Charity & Public Work • Peace. A significant historical date for this entry is May 18, 1943.

Location. 37° 59.774′ N, 79° 49.857′ W. Marker is in Hot Springs, Virginia, in Bath County. It can be reached from 7696 Sam Snead Highway. The Marker is located on the grounds of the Omni Homestead Resort. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hot Springs VA 24445, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley,

in the Alleghany Highlands,

and specifically in the Potomac Highlands.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically

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in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Virginia Bar Association (within shouting distance of this marker); Virginia Cemetery Association (within shouting distance of this marker); The Advertising Council 50th Anniversary (within shouting distance of this marker); The Southern Surgical Association (within shouting distance of this marker); American Gynecological Society (within shouting distance of this marker); Letitia Pate Whitehead Evans (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Homestead (about 400 feet away); The Omni Homestead (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hot Springs.

Also see . . . Hot Springs Conference (Wikipedia). Overview:

The Hot Springs Conference, also referred to as the Food and Agriculture
Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, October 30, 2025

2. The Hot Springs Conference Marker
Conference and officially known as the United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture, was held from 18 May to 3 June 1943, in Hot Springs, Virginia, in the United States. Its primary function was the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the first functional organization of what would later become the United Nations.

(Submitted on November 23, 2025.)

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, October 30, 2025

3. The Hot Springs Conference Marker

The Homestead Resort image. Click for full size.

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, October 30, 2025

4. The Homestead Resort

The Marker is located in a courtyard on the grounds of the Homestead Resort

Credits. This page was last revised on November 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2025, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia. This page has been viewed 47 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 30, 2025, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.