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    FLORENCE, Ala. — Dianne O’Neal still lives on the rustic cattle farm that her husband’s family has owned since his great-great-great-grandfather purchased the land in the 1830s. She still stays in a log cabin built from chestnut trees that his ancestors chopped by hand.

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January 1, 2006 Past Scholarship Awards

The Foundation introduced the James Monroe Scholarship Award in the Spring of 2001 as part of a continuous effort to promote the life and legacy of James Monroe. Since inception, the James Monroe Scholarship Award has given over $10,000 to student-writers. The 2005-2006 topic was, "James Monroe: Guardian of a Free Hemisphere."

James Monroe Memorial Foundation Scholarship Award