There are 5 article(s) tagged Andrew Jackson:

• September 2022

  • Conaway: Davy Crockett used to track by following signs; now he’s lost

    Davy Crockett is gone. The tavern is gone. The waterfront is gone. And the signs that told you they were there are gone as well.

    By Dan Conaway September 30, 2022

• August 2020

  • Opinion: Are historians trying to cancel Andrew Jackson?

    Eighteen cities bear his name as do counties in 22 states. Fourteen presidents have gone to his home to pay homage. But stock in Jackson's historical reputation, which has been declining for several years, just took another major hit.

    By Michael Nelson August 03, 2020

• April 2020

  • Nelson: I look forward to worrying about stuff like whose face is on the $20 bill

    When we once again have the luxury of addressing First-World problems, we can take up issues such as this one: Should Andrew Jackson be replaced by Harriet Tubman on currency?

    By Michael Nelson April 06, 2020

• January 2020

  • Nelson: Alexis de Tocqueville came to Memphis – for better and worse

    In 1831, the French traveler watched a federal agent load a band of Choctaw Indians onto a ship for transport to Arkansas, a vanguard of the Trail of Tears. “In the whole of this spectacle,” Tocqueville observed, “there was an air of ruin and destruction, something that felt like a final farewell with no returning.”

    By Michael Nelson January 17, 2020

• November 2019

  • Nelson: Biden’s strangely valid point about Tennessee’s two President Andrews

    In addition to both being Andrews from Tennessee, Jackson and Johnson were among the earliest presidents to be the targets of assassination plots.

    By Michael Nelson November 19, 2019