Season 1, Episode 7-Andrew Jackson and the Waxhaws

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Season 1, Episode 7: Andrew Jackson and the Waxhaws

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.

The Andrew Jackson State Park in South Carolina.

The Museum of the Waxhaws in North Carolina.

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 monuments
Andrew Jackson’s words about his South Carolina birth
Tribute to Andrew’s mother!
Andrew on horseback
Last South Carolina tribute
At the North Carolina commemoration. See the discoloration midway?
Re-Visiting Jackson’s North Carolina Birthplace
Young Andrew refusing to wipe British boots.
Andrew Jackson birthplace…but in which state?
Andrew Jackson portrait by Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl.

Andrew Jackson North Carolina Birthplace: end of Route 1105 (E Rebound Road) Waxhaw, North Carolina.

Andrew Jackson South Carolina Birthplace: 196 Andrew Jackson State Park Road, Lancaster, South Carolina.

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