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In
honor of James Monroe
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Juglans nigra |
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Black Walnut |
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Monroe Hall |
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indiginous/ replaced
1998 |
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James
Monroe, fifth President of the United States, served two terms
beginning in 1817. In addition to President, he served in many
political venues in his lifetime, such as Secretary of State,
Secretary of War, Senator of Virginia, Governor of Virginia
and the Virginia Assembly.During the American Revolution, Monroe
fought with distinction in the Continental Army. After the war,
he returned to Virginia where he studied law under Thomas Jefferson
and also helped to govern the fledgling University of Virginia.
James Monroe once owned the land now known as "Monroe Hill"
on the present-day University of Virginia Grounds.
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