Posted on 01/08/2021 6:20:22 AM PST by Bull Snipe
in 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip' We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans
Yet there was talk of removing Old Hickory’s statue from Jackson Square. I’d bet 95% of The Country couldn’t tell you anything about The Battle of New Orleans.
And in 1829
The Deplorables were invited to the Inauguration to dine.
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/not-a-ragged-mob-the-inauguration-of-1829
The democrats once had their own version of Trump. Their own American Caesar.
“The crowd flocked to him, marking his progress like a great, turbulent wave. A multitude awaited him at the Capitol, equally animated and overwhelming in its growing size. Francis Scott Key, no stranger to moving patriotic scenes, as his “Star-Spangled Banner” attests, was left almost speechless by this one. “It is beautiful,” he exclaimed, “it is sublime!”43”
“The Sovereign People were a little uproarious, indeed,” reported the Washington Daily National Intelligencer, “but it was in any thing but a malicious spirit.”53”
Andrew Jackson’s wife, Rachel, died on the journey to Washington for the inauguration for which Jackson partially blamed Adams and the Federalists for their scurrilous attacks on her.
have to agree with you on the point of knowledge by 95%.
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