James Monroe Tomb

Hollywood Cemetery is set amongst a series of wooded hills and dales overlooking the falls of the James River. The site of Hollywood was part of the estate of Belvidere, a country house built by William Byrd III in ...

James Monroe Museum & Memorial Library (James Monroe Law Office)

In 1782, only two years after James Monroe began to read law under Thomas Jefferson, he entered the Virginia House of Delegates. The following year, he took a seat in the Continental Congress, where he served until 1786. That ...

Hollywood Cemetery and James Monroe Tomb

Hollywood Cemetery is set amongst a series of wooded hills and dales overlooking the falls of the James River. The site of Hollywood was part of the estate of Belvidere, a country house built by William Byrd III in 1758 ...

James Monroe’s First Farm

Site of the University of Virginia

In 1788 James Monroe purchased an 800-acre farm here to be close to his friend Thomas Jefferson and to establish a law office. In 1799 the Monroes moved to their new Highland plantation adjacent to ...

James Monroe

Born in Westmoreland County 28” April 1758.

Died in the City of New York 4“ July 1831.

By order of the General Assembly, his remains were removed to this cemetery 5” July 1858 as an evidence of the affection of Virginia for ...

James Monroe McKenzie

1818 - 1873

James Monroe McKenzie, entrepreneur and philanthropist, was born in February 12, 1818. In 1860 he donated land for the depot and freight office where the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad crossed the Memphis and Ohio Railroad, resulting in the ...

Soldier - Statesman President James Monroe

On the morning of December 26, 1776, a small detachment of American Light Infantry, led by Lieutenant James Monroe, aged 19, breached the Hessian defenses at Trenton. This gallent action, in which Monroe was severely wounded, enabled the Continental Forces ...

James Monroe

1758 - 1831

Soldier * Patriot * Statesman

This marks the birthplace of James Monroe, April 28, 1758

Westmoreland County, Virginia

Attended college of William & Mary; Officer, Continental Army, American Revolution; Married Elizabeth Kortright, 1786; US Senator; Minister Plenipotentiary to France and then ...

Birthplace of James Monroe

April 28, 1758

July 4, 1831

Fifth president of the

United States 1817- 1825

Governor of Virginia

1799 and 1811

Proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine

December 2, 1823

Declares the Americas

no longer subject to

European colonization

Marker is on James Monroe Highway (Virginia Route 205), on the left when traveling south. ...

James Monroe

1758 - 1831

Soldier * Patriot * Statesman

This marks the birthplace of James Monroe, April 28, 1758

Westmoreland County, Virginia

Attended college of William & Mary; Officer, Continental Army, American Revolution; Married Elizabeth Kortright, 1786; US Senator; Minister Plenipotentiary to France and then ...