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To: Pelham
it’s named for Andrew Jackson.

Good morning, pelham. Wonder why AJ and not Stonewall?

84 posted on 08/19/2014 5:28:30 AM PDT by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)
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To: beachn4fun

Probably a couple of reasons. The fort is in South Carolina and Andrew Jackson claimed Waxhaws SC as his birthplace. As a major general he crafted the destruction of a British army at the Battle of New Orleans, the final major battle of the War of 1812.


109 posted on 08/19/2014 9:01:34 AM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
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