RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — After being buried for nearly two centuries in an unmarked grave in France, Eliza Monroe Hay — daughter of former president James Monroe — will soon be laid to rest next to her loved ones at a Richmond cemetery.

The Catholic Diocese of Richmond announced Tuesday that it's holding a reinterment ceremony at Hollywood Cemetery, located at 412 S. Cherry St., for the daughter of America's fifth president on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 2 p.m.

The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, located at 823 Cathedral Place, will hold mass on the same day at 11 a.m. to honor Hay.

Both events are open to the public.

Hay's remains arrived at the Washington Dulles International Airport on May 21 after spending 200 years in an unmarked and neglected grave — thanks to the efforts of Barbara VornD

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