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.

On Wednesday, May 21, the remains of Eliza Monroe Hay — daughter of former president James Monroe — arrived in the United States after her unmarked and neglected grave was rediscovered, ...

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 ...

Event at Oatlands was another step in process to reinter the former first daughter in Richmond with her family.

The fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, was part of the so-called Virginia Dynasty and the last Founding Father to serve in the highest office in the land. Famous for the Monroe ...

RICHMOND — President James Monroe is said to have written the American expansion policy known as the Monroe Doctrine in the dining room. The Marquis de Lafayette visited twice, and Dolley ...

The President James Monroe statue is in downtown Monroe's Loranger Square. “So much of this Monroe story is missing (from the public’s eye)," Saul told the Monroe City Council in 2016.

The Vice President has attempted to outline a set of principles from his boss’ seemingly erratic foreign-policy approach.

On Oct. 17, 1823, President James Monroe wrote a letter to his friend and Virginia neighbor Thomas Jefferson seeking advice on foreign policy. The issue at hand was whether to ...

In his 1823 annual address to Congress, President James Monroe enunciated a bedrock principle of American foreign policy that became known as the Monroe Doctrine. Monroe warned outside powers not ...

The ornate cast-iron canopy over the tomb of President James Monroe will be taken apart and restored to its original, lighter color as part of a $900,000 restoration of the ...