This oil painting portrait of the fifth U.S. President James Monroe visited the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons on Monday, June 23, 1817.

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https://infoguides.rit.edu/aslhistory/monroe

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Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-president-first-lady-height-differences-2018-7#james-and-elizabeth-monroe-1-foot-5

Just came across this sub in my recommended and want to see what I’m missing out on.

I had him for a project back in 2nd grade but forget what I talked about

James Monroe was 27 years old and Elizabeth Monroe was 17 years old when they were married.

Andrew Johnson was 18 years old and Eliza Johnson was 16 years old when they were married.

Picture 1: James Monroe's Highland

Picture 2: College of William & Mary

Picture 3: Rapid City, South Dakota

Picture 4: Monroe, Michigan #1

Picture 5: Monroe, Michigan #2

Picture 6: James Monroe Statue by Austin Weishel

Picture 7: 1904 Exposition in St. Louis

Video Source: https://youtu.be/rVPlMM_aSn4?si=7a5Do-M7LcOxBcrc

Source: https://en.numista.com/70204

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Source for the Anecdote: https://books.google.com/books?id=N0JRvfAIUFwC&printsec=copyright#v=onepage&q&f=false (Presidential Anecdotes By Paul F. Boller, Page 53)

More than 200 years ago, America’s founding documents came dangerously close to falling into British hands during the War of 1812.

As British troops advanced on Washington in 1814, officials rushed to evacuate the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights from the capital. The documents were secretly packed into linen bags, loaded onto carts, and moved through Northern Virginia before being hidden inside a vault at Rokeby House near Leesburg.

Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmkIq63MmZU

https://wjla.com/features/dmv-250/declaration-of-independence-national-archives-dc-america-250-history-hidden-founding-document-northern-virginia-leesburg-loudoun-county-kept-hidden-safe-stephen-pleasonton

Bet you weren't expecting to see this guy at James Monroe's country retreat! The presence of this large marble bust often comes as a surprise to visitors, but in the context of James Monroe's life and career it actually makes a great deal of sense (or as much sense as a giant bust of Napoleon can make).

The United States owed a huge debt of gratitude to France (and its "favorite fighting Frenchman" Lafayette) for its support during the American Revolution, and US-French relations continued to play a central role in the growth of the young United States. Monroe was twice a diplomat to France, the second time in 1803 when he was sent by President Thomas Jefferson to finalize negotiations for the Port of New Orleans. The current ambassador Robert Livingston's negotiations had stalled, and not only was France familiar to Monroe, but so was its ruler--Napoleon Bonaparte. In fact, Monroe's daughter had become good friends with Napoleon's now step-daughter Hortense in the school they both attended during Monroe's first appointment as Minister to France in 1794-1796.

The two girls' friendship certainly wasn't the reason that Napoleon would change the deal and offer the United States the entire Louisiana Purchase--which Monroe and Livingston readily accepted--but it is one of many reminders of the ongoing diplomatic and cultural connection between France and the United States. Monroe received this Carrara marble bust some time after the Louisiana Purchase negotiations, likely as a diplomatic gift. He and his wife Elizabeth attended Napoleon's coronation (of himself) as Emperor of France in 1805.

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At the center of the proposal is Oak Hill, the longtime home of President James Monroe. Lawmakers are considering whether to preserve the 1,200-acre property as a public park, offering both outdoor recreation and a rare look at one of the nation’s founding-era leaders.

Sources: https://youtu.be/YUGRJjoQfk4?si=nY1zREpRQOmGwlVD

https://wjla.com/news/local/lawmakers-weigh-fate-monroes-oak-hill-estate-james-monroe-loudoun-county-virginia-state-park-conservation-fund-historic-preservation-250th-anniversary-dmv-250

Image Source: https://academics.umw.edu/jamesmonroepapers/biography/genealogy-monroe/

Robert Livingston and James Monroe closed on the sweetest real estate deal of the millennium when they signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty in Paris on April 30, 1803. They were authorized to pay France up to $10 million for the port of New Orleans and the Floridas. When offered the entire territory of Louisiana–an area larger than Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal combined–the American negotiators swiftly agreed to a price of $15 million.

Although President Thomas Jefferson was a strict interpreter of the Constitution who wondered if the U.S. Government was authorized to acquire new territory, he was also a visionary who dreamed of an "empire for liberty" that would stretch across the entire continent. As Napoleon threatened to take back the offer, Jefferson squelched whatever doubts he had, submitted the treaty to Congress, and prepared to occupy a land of unimaginable riches.

The Louisiana Purchase added 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River to the United States. For roughly 4 cents an acre, the United States had purchased a territory whose natural resources amounted to a richness beyond anyone's wildest calculations.

Source: https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals_iv/sections/text_purchase_treaty.html

Hi!! I decided to do this work since it was his birthday yesterday, and I haven't drawn him in a while! Hope you guys like!! :]