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How James Monroe's Body Ended Up Buried in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery

 


RICHMOND, Va. – When you think of a cemetery, the word “beautiful” might not be the first word that comes to mind. But that’s exactly what describes Hollywood Cemetery.

And nestled within the rolling hills and views of the James River is a tomb that houses the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe.

But how he ended up in the heart of Richmond is a story worth knowing.

Born in 1758 in Westmoreland County, James Monroe was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States as well as a two-term governor of the Commonwealth.

However, after his time in the White House, Monroe experienced financial difficulties and was forced to sell his Virginia home.

Then, in 1830, Monroe's wife, Elizabeth, died, leaving the former president a widower.

Monroe then moved into his daughter's home in New York City before his death on July 4, 1831. (He was the third and last president to die on July 4.)

But his body would only remain in New York for 27 years.

In 1858, the Virginia General Assembly approved a budget of $2,000 to exhume Monroe's body and move it to its final resting place at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.

Then-Virginia Governor Henry Alexander Wise launched the “Bring Monroe Home” plan.

Wise, who would lead Virginia in the 1861 secession, was driven by Virginia pride to have the bodies of Virginia's presidents buried in Richmond.

At the time, Wise hoped that Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison would be buried side by side in Hollywood Cemetery. But the Jefferson and Madison families declined the offer.

It was on July 2, 1858 that Monroe's body was exhumed and displayed before a crowd estimated at ten thousand spectators.

His body would then be loaded onto a steamship named the “Jamestown” and shipped to Richmond.

Once here in River City, Monroe's body was reburied, this time surrounded by a cast iron tomb made in Philadelphia.

While Governor Wise's dream of building a Hollywood cemetery recognizing Virginia's contributions to the nation may not have come to fruition, his mark on its history remains.

In 1876, Governor Wise died and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, about 100 yards from Monroe's grave.

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