Season 1, Episode 7: Andrew Jackson and the Waxhaws
To the Backcountry! Exploring the 7th President Andrew Jackson’s birthplace in the Waxhaws, on the border between North and South Carolina! Listen as we explore the controversial story of our controversial president’s birth: two sites and two states claiming the birth of Andrew Jackson, as well as his early life, family, and military career!
Make sure to listen to Andrew Jackson’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 2, “Andrew Jackson and the Hermitage” on his birthplace!
Also, listen to Andrew Jackson’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 3, “Andrew Jackson’s Tomb” for his gravesite!
From My October 2017 Visit!
Marker in Waxhaws (NC).South Carolina marker outside the state park.“Truculent” memorial in the Andrew Jackson State Park in South Carolina. With the South Carolina birthplace memorial. Memorial for Andrew’s mother, Elizabeth.Memorializing Jackson’s own writings about his birth, in South Carolina.Marker and statue of Andrew Jackson in South Carolina. With the statue.Young Andrew on horseback.The North Carolina memorial, just across the state border.With the North Carolina birthplace marker.
From My July 2021 Visit!
Re-Visiting Andrew Jackson’s South Carolina birthplace!The grove of birthplace monumentsAndrew Jackson’s words about his South Carolina birthTribute to Andrew’s mother! Andrew on horsebackLast South Carolina tributeAt the North Carolina commemoration. See the discoloration midway? Re-Visiting Jackson’s North Carolina Birthplace
From My June 2022 Visit!
The Andrew Jackson Birthplace marker in South Carolina With the birthplace marker Little school cabin in Andrew Jackson State Park! The pavillion of Jackson birthplace memorials in Andrew Jackson State Park. With the memorials Andrew Jackson statue Andrew and me Dedicated to his mother With the South Carolina marker
From My June 2022 Visit-NC Sites!
At the North Carolina site Andrew’s memorial Some disfigurement?
From the Andrew Jackson Birthplace Museum
In the museum On the WaxhawsAndrew Jackson historyAndrew Jackson: Conflict and TragedyPost-PresidencyJackson bust Andrew JacksonGreat displays Replica kitchenCabin life WaxhawsGift shop Young Andrew refusing to wipe British boots. Andrew Jackson birthplace…but in which state?
Andrew Jackson portrait by Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl.
BONUS episode featuring my summer of presidential travels as I fit in as many birthplaces, gravesites, homes, and other sites into one history professor's summer break. My trip back to Ohio from Arizona, and the start of my New England swing! Links to Previous Episodes Mentioned:Birthplaces"Andrew Johnson and Raleigh""Calvin Coolidge and Plymouth Notch""Lyndon Johnson and Stonewall"Homes"Franklin Pierce and Concord""Abraham Lincoln and Springfield""Benjamin Harrison and Indianapolis""Calvin Coolidge and Northampton" for the Coolidge Homestead"Franklin Roosevelt and Warm Springs" for Campobello Island "Lyndon Johnson and the LBJ Ranch"Gravesites"Millard Fillmore's Tomb""Franklin Pierce's Tomb" "Abraham Lincoln's Tomb""Benjamin Harrison's Tomb" "Calvin Coolidge's Tomb""Lyndon Johnson's Tomb" Support the showAlso, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Support the showAlso, check out “Visiting the Presidents” on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!
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