Bicentennial Celebration of President James Monroe’s Tour of the Northern States

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of President James Monroe’s visit to Hartford!

During the summer of 1817, President James Monroe went on a “Tour of Inspection” through the Northern States and stopped to visit Hartford on June 23rd.  During his visit he met students at the American School for the Deaf.  Monroe’s “old-fashioned” bicorn hat became the inspiration for the American Sign Language sign for “president.”  Celebrate this historic visit and drop-in to make your own paper “bicorn hat!”

Image courtesy of the James Monroe Museum, photograph by Bruce M. White 2017.