[Ditto]

Monroe meant it when he put forth the Monroe Doctrine years later--he could back it up.

I'm sure Monroe meant it, but it was John Quincy Adams, Monroe's Sec. of State who concieved and wrote the document. Even though Adams' only brush with combat was around the same time as Trenton when he was 15 years old in the middle of the Atlantic heading to Europe with his father, I'm sure he meant it just as well. ;~))

John Q. Adams was a remarkable person in his own right.

[Pharmboy]

Thanks for the clarification.

My expertise in American History pretty much stops when The General died in 1799. I just remember reading accounts of Monroe's charging the Hessian artillery at Trenton, Dec. 26, 1776 and being quite impressed at the young man's fearlessness.