On July 4, 1826, 50 years to the day after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, Adams and Jefferson both died. While today is celebrated as Independence Day in America, key figures Adams and ...

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe, died on July 4th, marking a historical coincidence! John Adams and Thomas ...

Three US presidents died on July 4, all nation-makers. Two of them, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on the same day in ...

In 1811, Monroe was appointed Secretary of State by President James Madison. Monroe, along with President Madison, pushed Congress to declare war on Britain beginning the War of 1812.

Highland, located near Charlottesville, Virginia, was the estate of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States.The estate is now owned, operated and maintained by Monroe’s alma mater ...

At President James Monroe’s old plantation in Charlottesville, they’re flipping the script and rewriting the story with the help of descendants of the people he enslaved.

Cousins Jennifer L. Stacy and George R. Monroe Jr. do not want the College of William & Mary to remove President James Monroe’s name from a residence hall, nor would they support the removal of ...

In his Oct. 15 Op-Ed article, “James Monroe, a president for our times?,” Harlow Giles Unger offers an enthusiastic portrait of the fifth president’s two terms in office from 1817-25, giving ...

At a plantation once owned by James Monroe, America's fifth president, descendants of slaves owned by Monroe have become part of the story for the first time in 225 years.

Recent excavations at Highland — the historic, Charlottesville home of the nation’s fifth president — are upending history. The archaeology, combined with tree-ring dating, shows that the newly ...

After two centuries in a neglected European grave, the remains of U.S. President James Monroe’s daughter will be coming home to rest beside her father in Richmond.. The Catholic Diocese of Richmond ...

For two centuries, since President James Monroe's caution to the European powers, America has offered the Western Hemisphere a beacon of hope and ...