When Andrew Jackson arrived in New Orleans in winter 1814, diplomats were already negotiating peace. But neither the Louisianans he commanded nor the British troops advancing on them were wise to ...

Zuckerberg said he liked the late President Andrew Jackson because he "got stuff done," a former Facebook executive wrote in ...

Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with three ... his victory against the British at New Orleans catapulted him to war hero status. Presidential Places is a weekly series on past presidents ...

Five years before his death, Jackson continued to inspire commentary. An 1840 article on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of the Battle of New Orleans opined, “What a wonderful man is Andrew Jackson ...

Named after a French pirate who helped Gen. Andrew Jackson defend New Orleans during a battle in the War of 1812, the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve consists of six sites ...