James Monroe
The 5th United States president, James Monroe was in office from 1817 to 1825 and was also a founding father. As a choice for president, Monroe was quite popular and actually won in the election by a landslide. His time in office was later dubbed as the “the Era of Good Feelings”. Monroe fought in the American Revolutionary War and was renowned for his foreign policy called the “The Monroe Doctrine.”
James Monroe
Monroe’s Extensive Mule Travel
Nowadays we’re used to the sight of a presidential motorcade with a caravan of bullet-proof cars, but back in the 1800’s things were different. In 1805 President James Monroe embarked on a brow-raising journey to Madrid. His intention was to convince the Spanish to give up the territory known today as Florida to the U.S.A. He rode from Paris to Madrid by mule, but the Spanish were not impressed nor persuaded to make any changes.
Monroes Extensive Mule Travel
