James Monroe | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/james-monroe/RSS feed for James MonroeenThu, 15 Aug 2024 11:15:00 +0000What the American Revolution Taught the United States' First Presidentshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-american-revolution-taught-united-states-first-presidents-180984842/A new book by historian William E. Leuchtenburg examines how the first six commanders in chief embodied the revolutionary spirit and set precedents that shaped their successors' tenuresThu, 15 Aug 2024 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-american-revolution-taught-united-states-first-presidents-180984842/This Peaceful Nature Sanctuary in Washington, D.C. Sits on the Ruins of a Plantationhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-peaceful-nature-sanctuary-in-washington-dc-sits-on-the-ruins-of-a-plantation-180983716/Before Theodore Roosevelt Island was transformed into a tribute to the nation's "conservation president," a prominent Virginia family relied on enslaved laborers to build and tend to its summer home thereWed, 07 Feb 2024 12:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-peaceful-nature-sanctuary-in-washington-dc-sits-on-the-ruins-of-a-plantation-180983716/The Brief Period, 200 Years Ago, When American Politics Was Full of “Good Feelings”https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/there-was-time-briefly-and-200-years-ago-when-american-politics-was-full-good-feelings-180964074/James Monroe’s 1817 goodwill tour kicked off a decade of party-less government – but he couldn’t stop the nation from dividing againMon, 17 Jul 2017 15:05:56 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/there-was-time-briefly-and-200-years-ago-when-american-politics-was-full-good-feelings-180964074/James Monroe’s House Was Way Bigger Than Historians Thoughthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/james-monroes-house-was-way-bigger-historians-thoughts-180958956/It turns out that Highland was more "castle" than "cabin"Fri, 29 Apr 2016 17:51:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/james-monroes-house-was-way-bigger-historians-thoughts-180958956/