This Memorial Day I Stood At The Grave of Gen. Andrew Jackson

[rsmith6621]

.......And thought just how far we have come from the days of slavery as he owned more than 100 that worked on his Hermitage plantation. I wonder what he would think of President Obama.

His spread is a very interesting and educational....a very unique way to spend Memorial Day

[CountAllVotes]

1. as a person that is part Cherokee

I'd be inclined to spit on his grave.

I have no respect for this SOB.

Nothing to see here but another war criminal/murderer of the worst kind.

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[Chulanowa]

2. I had ancestors at Rabbit Creek...

When he personally threatened the Choctaw nation with genocide

I second your sentiment.

[scarletwoman]

3. Thank you! That was my first thought. Jackson is a genocidal murderer with no honor,

and deserving of no honor whatsoever.

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[jobycom]

4. As a totally (as far as I know) white guy, I'd join you. nt

[Kaleva]

5. He was a man of his times

[imdjh]

6. I'm often fascinated by the people who have actually lived through major upheavals

Compared to those who (like myself) really haven't.

He might look at Obama and say to you, "I thought that might happen someday. Some of them were pretty smart even in my time." It would strike the ears a bit offensively, but then one would have to remember that he lived in another time.

IN the last 30 or so years, I can't recall ever seeing a Vietnamese person carrying the anger we might think that we would have if we were refugees or exiles. I have never overheard them in conversation talking about anything that wasn't current. Amazing people. Even more amazing is that they do business with Vietnam and go there for business and pleasure. Amazing to me anyway.

I brush shoulders with a lot of black people who are actually old enough to remember Jim Crow. Years ago, some people the same age would have had grandparents who had been slaves. But I can't say that I have ever seen the anger in their eyes that I have seen in a young black man who isn't possibly old enough to have lived through anything like what those people can easily remember. Sure, you have Pastor Wright with enough anger for ten people, but the men and women in the daily life of your average person don't live in anger. When you hear 80 year old black people talking with 80 year old white people, they talk about the things they have in common, which it turns out is a lot. Almost all of them were poor during the Depression, and they don't have contests to see who was poorer. Almost all of them are better off now, and glad to be alive. Maybe that's what it is- to be glad to be alive.

I think if Jackson were to come back to life, he'd be amazed at all the wonderful things that have happened. Who wouldn't be?