Parking is near the flag. This container is on metal signage denoting the birthplace of James Monroe, 5th President of the USA. Metal sign is near the flag. NO BUSHES, NO LANDSCAPING NEEDS DISTURBED.
If you drive into the look parking lot you can read additional signage and even see a house reconstructed on the site of his birth.
In addition to being the 5th President of the USA (the last of the Revolutionary generation), President Monroe is known for being..
- delegate to the Continental Congress
- a U.S. senator
- governor of Virginia
- minister to France and Great Britain.
- part of the team who negotiated the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the U.S.
Presidential highlights include:
- As president, he acquired Florida, and also dealt with the contentious issue of slavery in new states joining the Union with the 1820 Missouri Compromise.
- He is MOST known for the Monroe Doctrine which warns the European powers to cease colonial expansion into the Americas.
- ONLY president not named Washington to run unopposed. He garnered all but one electoral vote (a faithless elector voted for JQ Adams)
Note: THREE of the first five US Presidents were born near this site, along with Robert E. Lee and other historical notables.
Info stop is so worth the quick smiley!