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James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library

James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library

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January 16, 2025

Freemasonry & Monroe

By 2024-2025 Bowley Scholar Blake Bauer In pursuit of an education at the College of William and Mary, 16-year-old James Monroe arrived in

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April 24, 2024

Learning About Lafayette: America’s French War Hero

By Olivia Webb, Spring 2024 Bowley Scholar Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de la Fayette, Marquis de la Fayette The Marquis de

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December 18, 2023

250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party

By: Heather Meadows and Jenna Koellner, Museum Guides This year marks the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party! On December 16, 1773,

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May 1, 2023

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (At Least . . .)

by Scott Harris, Executive Director, University of Mary Washington Museums Scott,I’ve never seen this image . . . Is this even Fredericksburg?

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May 1, 2023

April is a Busy Month in the Life of James Monroe

by Scott Harris, Executive Director, UMW Museums Illustration of James Monroe’s birthplace from The Family Magazine, or Monthly Abstract of General

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March 9, 2023

James Monroe and the Fight for Women’s Educational Rights

By 2022-2023 Bowley Scholar Caroline Urove James Monroe was an unlikely ally in the fight for white women’s educational rights. As governor of

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February 14, 2023

Gabriel’s Rebellion and James Monroe

Gabriel's Rebellion and James Monroe by Wilson LeCount Gabriel was born into enslavement on Thomas Prosser’s tobacco plantation in Henrico County,

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November 28, 2022

James Monroe’s Trail of Tears

During a large part of James Monroe’s time as president of the United States, he faced growing conflicts between Native American populations and white

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September 7, 2022

New Role for Longtime Employee

Heidi Stello, a longtime employee of the James Monroe Museum and the Papers of James Monroe, was named associate editor of the Papers and archivist of

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