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Birthplace of James Monroe

Westmoreland County, Virginia
· April 28, 1758 - July 4, 1831
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James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825, served as governor of Virginia in 1799 and 1811. On December 2, 1823, he proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine, declaring that the Americas were no longer subject to European colonization.
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