2013 Annual Gathering will be in San Antonio, TX

(Dates: Oct 3rd – 6th)
2013 Gathering Registration Form ..Click here for full Details

The Papers of James Monroe and the James Monroe Museum are going to sponsor a two-day symposium on James Monroe at the University of Mary Washington on Friday and Saturday, October 18-19, 2013. The symposium will be free and open to the public. There will be four one-hour presentations each day—two in the morning, two in the afternoon. Each presentation will be a stand-alone event so that people can easily attend whichever presentations they wish, and not have to sit for extended amounts of time. I have appended below a tentative schedule.

I assume that this event would be of interest to Clan Munro, and I wanted to inform the members about it. But I also thought that I would send it at an early date so that if the Clan or a part of it wanted to schedule an event of its own in Fredericksburg to coincide with the symposium, there would be time to organize. I can send additional information to whomever should have it, especially once we finalize the arrangements, which will be probably in March.

Tentative Proposed Schedule:
Friday Oct 18
9:15am – Welcome
9:30am – 10:30am Monroe portraits
11:00pm – 12:00pm – Slaves of Oak Hill
12:00pm – 2:00pm – Lunch
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Monroe’s legacy
3:30pm – 4:30pm – Monroe Doctrine
6:00pm – Dinner

Saturday Oct 19
9:15am – Welcome
9:30am – 10:30am Monroe & Music
11:00pm – 12:00pm – Ash Lawn
12:00pm – 2:00pm – Lunch
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Monroe Museum Presentation
3:30pm – 4:30pm – Three James Monroes
6:00pm – Dinner

This picture is of Paul Rohe receiving a framed record of Clan Munro as the honored clan of the 2010 Dandridge Scots Irish Festival in Dandridge, TN.
(Picture provided by Joanna McDonald, year 2011)

• “History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Massachusetts, Munroes”
  History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Massachusetts, Munroes, 2nd edition, by Richard S Munroe, compiled by Ann Monroe Organ. ISBN 0788436430 $60.00.
• Publicity Photos Wanted : Please
  send Clan Munro event photos to DeAnn Steely who is in charge
  of publicity this year. Her address is 594 FM 2929 Huntsville,
  TX 77340. If you have electronic/digital versions email
  them to the webmaster.
• Clan Munro’s Genetics: Margaret
  Bardin and DeAnn Steely are actively recruiting MALE members
  for genetic matching. They have over 94 participants and
  several members have discovered new cousins using DNA testing.
  Visit http://www.familytreedna.com/group-general-fund-contribution.aspx?g=Monroe
  to see how it all works.
• Clan Munro’s Research: Charles
  Munroe continues to co-ordinate the transcription of thousands
  of research cards written by Billy Munro during his lifetime
  in Scotland.