over the years, james munroe has been memorialized in many ways.om commemorative coins, postage stamps, a crackerjack price, in the upper right. symbols of education, and of military might. he ranks near the top in the number of places named for u.s. presidents. and as we observed, is the only american from a foreign capital. in 1927, monroe's great granddaughter, rose -- and her son, saved a billion safety billy building for demolition and charles berke. it was a theirs threat came from james monroe service station. but always gets a laugh. after saving the building, they created a museum. depicting his law office in library that he had an 18 -- . the first director sir for 51 years, and the families correction of heirlooms, was an insatiable collecting effort, which had books and artifacts in archives. 1948, the foundation was created to administer the site. it transferred ownership of the museum, to the commonwealth of virginia 1964. the university of virginia was the initial administrative authority, until 1972. when uva's women's division, mar