Sgt Maj John Champe Chapter participated in Commemoration of 5th President James Monroe

On Tuesday, April 28 the James Monroe Foundation held a commemoration of James Monroe, a man who spent his life in service to the United States of America. Eighteen lineage societies were represented along with twelve Chapters of the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution and eleven Chapters of Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution.

Representing the Sgt Maj John Champe Chapter from Loudoun County were President Barry Schworer and Past President Ken Bonner. Mr. Bonner also represented the Virginia Society as their 1st Vice President.

James Monroe served in the Revolutionary War as an officer with George Washington. He was at the Crossing of the Delaware, Battle Trenton, and multiple other battles. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Trenton. After the Revolution he served in the Virginia House of Delegates, was a delegate to the Congress of the Federation, twice Governor of Virginia, served as a United States senator representing Virginia, served as a diplomat as minister to France and the United Kingdom, and as Secretary of State and Secretary of War. In 1816 he was elected fifth President of the United States. He is well known for his 1823 declaration that the Western Hemisphere was off-limits to European Colonization. This became know as the Monroe Doctrine.

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