I’m Choctaw, so I have nothing but disdain for Jackson because of how he “repaid” Choctaw loyalty and assistance to him during his times of need. HOWEVER!!! he is a hugely important President and was the first “man of the people” not from the elite East or Virginia.
Taking Jackson off the $20 because today it is PC and makes some people feel good, warm and fuzzy is totally and completely ridiculous. Tubman’s current legends far exceed her actual deeds. Not taking anything away from what she actually did, but she would be shocked to see how she is portrayed today. Some of the stories about her compare to George Washington and ‘the cherry tree’ or ‘throwing a dollar across the Delaware’ (or was it the Potomac?).
I swear, the world is being turned upside down by people with “good? intentions.”
That’s just my opinion.
Oldplayer
Banana currency for the new Obama banana republic.
Ah yes, good intentions. There is a road that leads to a very bad place that is paved with those intentions. AC/DC named a song for it and changed it from a road to a highway. AC/DC was prescient methinks.