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
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
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,
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?
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
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
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,
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
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