Andrew, then thirteen years old, joined the local militia as a patriot courier. At fifteen years of age, Jackson and his other brother, Robert, were captured by the British in 1781. Jackson’s face was ...

In what is today known as the Trail of Tears, members of the Cherokee Nation were rounded up and transplanted westward by military force in 1838 under Jackson’s successor Martin Van Buren. Legacy In ...

Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with three simple ... according to Toplovich. Here, again, the facts are murky. Adds Mullin: "She came down very suddenly with some kind of heart problem.

At age 13, Andrew Jackson joined the Continental Army and discovered a future in the military. Promoted to general during the War of 1812, Jackson became a national war hero after a stunning ...

"Andrew Jackson’s unbelievable survival story after ... on Amtrak trains with a carry-on bag and a backpack. Here are 7 things I regret not packing and 9 items I'm glad I brought.

Shortly before Donald Trump’s return to the White House, staffers made sure to rehang an Andrew Jackson portrait that Joe Biden had removed. Trump described America’s seventh president as “a ...

President Donald Trump and Dale Haney planted a sapling on White House grounds to replace a southern magnolia tree tied to ...

ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images But Jackson didn't challenge the supremacy of the Supreme Court on legal questions. Yes, he failed to enforce the Court's ruling about Indian claims in Georgia ...

Nearly two centuries ago, shortly after President Andrew Jackson took office in 1829, the two magnolia trees were planted to commemorate the president's late wife, Rachel — according to ...

Unfortunately, Andrew Jackson made sure there was no fairy-tale ... The Shamrocks were able to spread things out on offense ...

Born: March 15, 1767, in Waxhaw, South Carolina... Jackson embodied the ideal of the self-made American man, and his populist appeal lay in his message of inclusion against what he characterized ...