Sunday 8 December 2013

1817 James Monroe the 5th President of the U.S.

Born Monroe Hall, Virginia; April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831. James Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, the third of them to die on Independence Day. Monroe was the last U.S. President to wear a powdered wig tied in a queue, a tricorne and knee breeches according to the old-fashioned style of the 18th century. That gained him the nickname "The Last Cocked Hat".

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