Monroe's birthplace
New visitors center to honor birthplace of James Monroe.
The Associated Press
WFLS News
Date published: 12/5/2007
COLONIAL BEACH, Va. (AP) - A new visitors center is rising in
Westmoreland County to honor the birthplace of the United States'
fifth president, James Monroe.
The 1,000-foot center near Colonial Beach will be built of
modern materials such as steel, glass, insulated roof panels and
concrete siding but will look like an 18th-century tobacco barn.
Milton Martin is a planning consultant for Westmoreland County.
He says the center will be completed next year in time for Monroe's
250th birthday celebration.
The county is forking out about $300,000 for the center and
Martin says another $200,000 came from federal grants.
G. William Thomas Junior is president of the James Monroe
Memorial Foundation. Thomas says a replica of the house where
Monroe was born in 1758 may be built next year near the center on
the buried foundations of the original house.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Date published: 12/5/2007
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