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)