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James Monroe's Gravesite

Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

Memorial to James Monroe on his 250th Birthday

Address Given by Richmond Chapter SAR President Steve Atkinson

Distinguished Speakers and Guests – As President of the Richmond Chapter Society Sons of the American Revolution and a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Virginia Society, I greet you. We are here today in mutual admiration to honor our great American hero, James Monroe on his 250^th birthday.

James Monroe entered the College of William and Mary at the age of sixteen and was the youngest member of the group of classmates that retrieved the 230 muskets, 301 swords and 18 pistols from the Governor’s Palace which Lord Dunmore had previously seized from the powder magazine in Williamsburg. These swords, muskets and pistols armed the Williamsburg Militia.

Monroe went on to fight with distinction in the Continental Army. I am struck with awe that lead from a Hessian cannon lies next to us in James Monroe’s shoulder from the time he was wounded at the Battle of Trenton so many years ago.

Monroe left the College of William and Mary to join the Continental Army in 1776 as a Second Lieutenant in the 3^rd VA Regiment under Colonel Hugh Mercer. He served with George Washington during the New York campaign at Harlem Heights where he was first wounded, and then White Plains.

Leading up to the Battle of Trenton, Monroe actually crossed the Delaware River in the advance party before General Washington. Monroe sustained a serious shoulder wound in this battle while leading a charge on Hessian cannon. During his recovery, he was commissioned Major and subsequently named Aide-de-campe to William Alexander, Lord Stirling. He wintered with George Washington at Valley Forge. In addition, he fought at Brandywine, Germantown, and went on to fight at Monmouth in June 1778, six major battles in all.

James Monroe subsequently was named a Lieutenant Colonel, but a new state regiment was never raised. He ended the War in assisting Governor Thomas Jefferson in diplomatic missions, and establishing a relay system of military intelligence stretching into North Carolina.

It is an honor to relate this summary of Monroe’s outstanding Revolutionary War military record and I thank Peter Broadbent for reviewing and editing this summary.

May God Bless James Monroe for his service to our country.

Stephen Allen Atkinson

Revolutionary War Patriots buried at

Hollywood Church Cemetery

President James Monroe

George Carrington

John Courtney

Barrett Price

Revolutionary War Patriots buried at

Shockoe Hill Cemetery

Ansel Bailey

Hilary Baker, Jr.

William Foushee

Peter Francisco

James Gibbon

John Marshall

Philip Slaughter

Revolutionary War Patriots buried at

St. John's Church Cemetery

George Wythe Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Brigadier General William Chamberlayne

Governor Colonel James Wood

Surgeon William Carter

Colonel Edward Carrington

Captain James Currie

Sea Captain James Gray

Captain William Mitchel

Captain Thomas Wynne

Patriot John Page

Private John Beale

Seaman Richard Brown

Private John Colquitt

Private Archibald Toney

Private Geddes Winston

Surgeon James McClurg

Quartermaster Samuel Ege

Captain Robert Gamble

Captain William Mayo

Captain John Moss

Patriot James Mercer

Patriot William Terry

Corporal Issac Ames

Private James Blankenship

Private Charles Copeland

Private Ebenezer Parker

Patriot William Claiborne

NSSAR Revolutionary War Patriot

Grave Marking Program

What is the Patriot Grave Marking Program?

The objective of this SAR program is to register and mark the final resting places of our Patriot forefathers.  Also, this program periodically publishes a list of the grave locations of our Revolutionary War Patriots.  The current edition of this list can be purchased through the NSSAR Merchandise Department.

Once a Patriot grave site is located several things can happen, if no tombstone exists it is possible to acquire a U.S. Government headstone or marker.   A local chapter of the SAR can generate some attention by placing an SAR Marker at the location, with the appropriate ceremonies. The location should be reported to the NSSAR Revolutionary War Graves Committee for inclusion in our Graves Registry Program.

Grave locations are reported by local communities, individual descendants, other historical groups and by our members.  The method of reporting can be received in many ways, a printable form exists on the NSSAR website to help with this reporting.

If you know the location of a Revolutionary War Patriot military or civilian and would like to report it, contact on of the Officers listed on this website so we may submit the form with a photograph of any headstones that may be located on the grave site.

Information on the SAR Marker or the United States Government Marker

U.S. MARKER:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) furnishes upon request, at no charge to the applicant, a Government headstone or marker to mark the grave of a veteran, including a Revolutionary War soldier or sailor. Individual or group memorial markers are provided for Revolutionary War veterans whose remains or grave cannot be identified.

The applicant should be assured that the grave is unmarked with a tombstone of any sort before ordering a free government marker. An applicant is one who has knowledge of the deceased and can furnish proof of wartime service.

Although shipment is at government expense, arrangements for setting the marker in a private cemetery or grave are the applicant's responsibility and all placement costs are at private expense.

VASSAR GRAVE REGISTRATION FORM