James Monroe - Legacy and Memory

Legacy and Memory

  • Since its 1824 renaming in his honor, the capital city of the West African country of Liberia has been named Monrovia. It is the only non-American capital city named after a U.S. President.
  • On December 12, 1954, the United States Postal Service released a 5ยข Liberty Issue postage stamp honoring Monroe.
  • There are academic buildings named after him at the University of Mary Washington, College of William and Mary, George Mason University, and George Washington University.
  • The City of Monroe, Michigan is also named for him.
  • Monroe County, PA, created in 1836, is named for him.
  • The City of Monroe, Georgia, incorporated in 1821, is named for him.
  • Monroe was the last U.S. President to wear a powdered wig tied in a queue, a tricorne and knee breeches according to the old-fashioned style of the 18th century. That gained him the nickname "The Last Cocked Hat".
  • Monroe is the last president who had never been photographed and whose portraits are preserved today only on paintings.
Presidential Dollar of James Monroe
First Monroe Postage stamp, Issue of 1904
Statue of Monroe at Ash Lawn-Highland
Monroe Hall at the University of Virginia; Monroe once owned the land on which the university sits.

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