Season 3, Episode 5-James Monroe’s Tomb

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Season 3, Episode 5: James Monroe’s Tomb

Where has James Monroe been?! Our fourth President to die and the first to be buried in another state, as well as our first exhumed and relocated President! Learn about James’ brief post-Presidency, his death, his reburial, and his distinctive gravesite!

Make sure to listen to James Monroe’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 1, “James Monroe and Colonial Beach” on his birthplace!

Also, listen to James Monroe’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 2, “James Monroe and Highland” for his home!

President James Monroe’s Tomb from Hollywood Cemetery.

Monroe’s Tomb from the National Park Service.

From the restoration by BR Howard Conservation.

James Monroe’s first gravesite at New York City’s Marble Cemetery.

From My July 2015 Visit!

James Monroe’s tomb, with the black ironwork
James Monroe’s marker and sarcophagus
Elizabeth Monroe’s marker, covered in grass

From My July 2021 Visit!

James Monroe’s Tomb
Looking through the ironwork
The sarcophagus and plaque
Elizabeth Monroe’s marker beside James’s tomb
Maria, the President’s daughter
Gorgeous tomb

From My June 2022 Visit!

James Monroe’s tomb
In the shade
Through the ironwork
Elizabeth’s marker

From My June 2023 Visit!

James Monroe’s Tomb in Hollywood Cemetery
At James Monroe’s Tomb
John Tyler and James Monroe’s Tombs

James Monroe’s Death Site and NYC Cemetery

The original building is completely destroyed and this is in the same location
James Monroe’s Death Site
New York City Marble Cemetery, where James Monroe was initially buried
Outside the cemetery
James Monroe’s first cemetery

Historic Images of James Monroe’s Tomb

Close-up of the marker on James Monroe’s Tomb.

Images of the Reburial and Laying in State

James Monroe at Highland
James Monroe
James Monroe bust at Highland
James Monroe
James Monroe in Fredericksburg
James Monroe

James Monroe’s Tomb: Presidents Circle, 412 S Cherry St, Richmond, Virginia.

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James Monroe in Rapid City.

Recommended Reading for James Monroe

Tim McGrath, James Monroe: A Life.
Harlow Giles Unger, The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation’s Call to Greatness.
Harry Ammon, James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity.

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