Hours of Operation December: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday CLOSED Monday through Friday December Tours Starting Point: December 1776 An encounter on December 25, 1776 outside Trenton, New Jersey set events in motion that would change the...

Born on April 28, 1758—in Westmoreland County, Virginia—James Monroe was the second of five children of Spence and Elizabeth Jones Monroe, “small” planters who raised tobacco on their farm of approximately 500 acres. Initially educated at Parson Campbell’s school in...

James Monroe’s story is only one aspect of Highland. Enslaved women and men lived on the property for several generations, and had deeper connections to this place than did Monroe, who was often away in public office. Like other plantation...