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James Monroe
5th President of the United States
March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1825
SE Corner of 7th and Main Streets
Born: April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia
Died: July 4, 1831, in New York, New York
Nicknames: "The Last Cocked Hat"; "Era-of-Good-Feeling President"
He was the first president to have been a U.S. senator.
Monroe's inauguration in 1817 was the first to be held outdoors.
The U.S. Marine Band played at Monroe's 1821 inauguration and at every inauguration since.
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