[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 28, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H2412]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE

  (Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an 
incredible American statesman and native of Virginia's First District, 
which I have the privilege of representing in this House. James Monroe 
was born this day in 1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and spent 
much of his life in what is now Virginia's First Congressional 
District. He attended the College of William and Mary and practiced law 
in Fredericksburg before becoming a U.S. Senator, Minister to France, 
negotiator of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and ultimately our 
Nation's fifth President.
  James Monroe is perhaps best remembered for his December 2, 1823 
message to Congress that is now known as the Monroe Doctrine. James 
Monroe forged an independent American foreign policy and signaled the 
end of Old World colonization of the Americas.
  James Monroe will forever be remembered in the hearts and minds of 
all Americans, but he will always have a special place for citizens of 
the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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