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James Monroe’s birth and childhood, as well as his birth site at Colonial Beach, Virginia.
Listen as we visit Monroe’s birth site, one of the few which have received improvements and new recognition very recently, opening a visitors’ center and birthplace replica in recent years!
Updates and Events on the James Monroe Birthplace Park & Museum Facebook site.
Article on historical work undertaken to build replica house.
With the Birthplace of Monroe sign. 
Flagpole and signage for birth site. 
Obelisk for Monroe’s birth site. 
Veterans of Foreign Wars’ marker 
Daughters of the American Revolution marker with historical information. 
Scene from highway, with marker and obelisk; replica birthplace would be behind this.
James Monroe Birthplace: 4460 James Monroe Highway, Colonial Beach, Virginia.
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Recommended Reading for James Monroe
McGrath, Tim. James Monroe: A Life
Unger, Harlow. The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation’s Call to Greatness
