This week's interesting fact about Andrew Jackson:
Andrew Jackson's parents came here from Ireland and settled in
Mineral Springs, NC in 1765.  Andrew was born on March 15, 1767,
a few weeks after his father died.  That was 239 years ago!
 
 
 

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                          Quotable
                          "...as dung is to a diamond"
                        It is reported that frontiersman and legislator
                                       Davy Crockett made this unfavorable comparison
                                       of Martin Van Buren to Andrew Jackson.
                                      (from Presidential Trivia, compiled by Ernie Couch)