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 ...

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 ...

There wasn’t to be any drama Tuesday. Andrew Jackson’s girls saw to that. The defending 2A state basketball champions built an 11-0 lead in the game’s opening two minutes and cruised to a 96 ...