I’ve never much liked Andrew Jackson (Old Hickory), dating back to when I spent time reading my parents’ copy of an illustrated lives of presidents. You know, I was at that age when you memorize all the presidents’ names in order of when they served. I’m not even sure what it was I didn’t like. …
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You’re Judged by the Company You Keep
The Tennessee state house is an imposing Greek Revival building, sitting as it does atop a hill in Nashville. Like other state capitols and courthouses across the country, its lawn is dotted with monuments. They include statues of two of Tennessee’s three presidents: a bronze equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson (it is one of three …
Of Monuments and Memory 