Evening star., 1928-04-29
!SHR|NE DEDICATED
! TO JAMES MONROE
His Descendants and Those
of Jefferson in FrederiCks-
burg Ceremony.
..By a stan Correspondent, of The star.

FREDERICKSBURG va, Apfll @S. .~-
THE first established shrine TO James
Monroe fifth President of the United
Estates and author of the famous Mon
Nroe doctrine, was dedicated here thi;
afternoon. when descendants of tho
Statesman and those Of his friend and
associate. Thomas jefferson. met with
Virginia townsmen and their invited
sgueSts TO open formally the little brick
building in which Monroe established
ehis law Offices at the beginning of his
career.
Forced by driving rain and biting cold
TO abandon their plans for an elaborate
sout-of-door historical pageant, the
,celehrants crowded into the old and pic
,turesQue- Fredericksburg courthouse to
<hsten TO program OF speeches and to
view an abbreviated presentation OF the
pageant.
Despite the curtailed exercises, the
dedication OF the little brick building,
three blocks from the scene Of the pro-
gram was effectively staged in an at
NmoSphere Of ole Virginny." produced
by the pageant principals in powdered
Wigs. silken breeclles and flowing skirts,
and the singing Of cid negro songs,
Speakers at Dedication.
The speakers included John f. Saun-
iers, attorney general of Virginia. j.
G. King. mayor of Fredericksburg; Rep
sresentative r. Walton Moore and Rep
sresentative s o. Bland, both Of Vir-
.ginia. and DR.. J. A c. Chandler, presi-
dent of William and Mary College.
&, The formal program in the courthouse
followed 9 luncheon for the members OF
~the Monroe and Jefferson families, and
Sthe invited guests in Kenmore, the
>home OF George Washington's sister,
William J. Ford. president Of the Plant
>ers' National Bank and chairman OF the
fredericksburg committee on arrange
mentS. presided at both the luncheon
and the public exercises. He first in
Ntroduced Mayor King Of Fredericksburg,
who welcomed the visitors.
Attorney General Saunders, personal
representative Of Gov Byrd, who vas
unable 10 attend, was introduced by Mr..
Ford. and recalled that Monroe's first
position IN public life was that Of menu
~ber OF the town council of Fredericksburg.
sMT Saunders declared the newly estab-
Nhshed shrine was being accepted not
Nonly for the people of Fredericksburg,
but for the whole State
Lieut. GouverneuT Hoes. u. S. A.,
fort Solcum, n. Y, great-great-g grand
Nson Of President Monroe. who. with his
brother. Lawrence Hoes of Washington.
was responsible for the restoration of
rthe little brick law-office building.
thanked the people Of Fredericksburg
Afor the celebration which had been ar
ranged to accompany the opening Of
NMonroe's law Office as a public shrine.
and he expressed particular appreeia-
>tion 10 Mr.. Ford. chairman Of the ar
arrangements committee; Mrs. j. Garnet
king. Miss Margaret Lakenan. under
whose direction the pageant had been
planned, and Mrs. Horace Smith. who
was active also in the restoration of
~"Kenmore"
Lieut.. Hoes was warm In praise of
his brother Laurence. who first con-
,ceived The idea Of preserving the Mon
roe law Offices
Jefferson Descendant Speaks.
Col jefferson Randolph Kean. de-
<scenoant Of Thomas jefferson. recalled
the warm friendship which existed be-
tween Jefferson and the younger Mon
roe. and declared that friendship had
carried on through the third and fourth
generations Of the descendants Of those
two Virginia statesmen.
As a token Of that friendship. he
presented TO the Monroe Law Office
Jefferson. q stock buckle which Jeffer-
.son had worn. The buckle was accepted
by Laurence Hoes.
= A further presentation was made
when Dr. Charles w Tooke, professor
Of law al Georgetown University. pre-
senisd q collection OF old Law books
!. 10 the newly established shrine
3 DI Chandler. president OF William
and Mary College. at which young
Monroe studied spoke on the former
President az college student. The
college president had reviewed the rec
,oYds Of the old institution. he said, 70
! find that Monroe was fellow student
with Robert Boiling, Nathaniel Bur-
veil. Otway Byrd. Edward Dl2gs.
Jogepa Egglest0n. Garter Harrison.
Robert Nicholson. John T. Mercer and
others.
Afonroe'x name appeared in the
school records as one Of several stu
dents who protested against the board
served at the college and against the
system of operating the laundry, DR..
.Chz meier said
Representative Bland Of Virginia in
,tro6uced representative Moore. wno de-
iiyeged the historical address al the
exercises Picking up the career OF
Monroe where DR. Chandler had left II
=
IfooYe traced the career oi the author
Of the Monroe Doctrine from bis DE-
fpzrfure 70 battle IN the Revolutionary
war gnen he Was still a student. on
through the events which made him q
figure 10 history.
Pageant Presented.
Following the speaking program
came the pageant on The lie ot Monroe
vnich Was presented by the students OF
the Virginia State Teachers College and
Dgvnsmen 81 Fredericksburg The oe-
picLec events IN the pageant included
the coming Of Monroe witn hls BRIDE 70
FrederlCksDBlg ano The realization ol
tl3f eoctr.ne wlaich Monroe conceived.
The psgesnt WAS fnsce attractive BY
g beyy u gir.s from me Teachers Col
ieRe. Yno danced the u3lnuet tn thh
6fyftun5es q Monroe day. 4 Quintet
Of colorea folks of FreceF!ekEburg
gaFbe6 - IN tne dsya Of Colonial Viz
gina, sang me eplr.tualA ot their race
Wlgiie the crowded audience tapped ilne
With ifs feet bo the accompaniment 0i
rain upon the Old Court House root
Fns cecicstgYy exercises were com'
pletfc last ni2i4t, when Z Colonial bal
Bss given IN Monroe Hall u the STATE
feathers College, AZ opening feature
of lDe Dsll 8ss an iDo0of pageant, tins
hfOceE II Lisdane Monroe DeglnDinf
a. . oclpck T9e grand march Of tils
GsH fGjioaed 81 hour iatfr. after which
general ballroom dancing WsA en(oyeG
EagB2 the Defendants gf M3HyDf
@3o attended tne ceiAbTstI0n were
ErE hya9 C09ytfne8F Hoes 0f Wash
3ogiDs, lsnodaU Ugi1tfT ~ Monroe
Mf sne hsTs Minor FalTiax IL G04
*efneBJ Hiss Esther II C0ugcfneuy
Eelskel CQUyeTneslr Hrs GTis~oi'
9neliD. Miss Ellzsoeth Emory ~ Ealu
gf3gfe Bf zuc Ma Iiauy Freeman
Lsfk. Jzmek Monroe Cjsfk DF sn'
Mrs William CrsNfoTo Johnson 81.
Miss Emily Era8fogd Jonn@ou O