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Don’t remove Andrew Jackson from the public square

By Becket Adams
Published June 23, 2020 10:27pm ET
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Don’t remove Andrew Jackson from the public square
Andrew Jackson, whose legacy includes the genocidal march known as the Trail of Tears, was a bad man who did bad things. There is no getting around that. Should we then remove him from the public square? This question became especially relevant Monday evening as political activists swarmed Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., in a […]

Andrew Jackson, whose legacy includes the genocidal march known as the Trail of Tears, was a bad man who did bad things. There is no getting around that.

Should we then remove him from the public square?

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