If your first thought about Andrew Johnson is a negative one, you wouldn't be in the minority. Most people know him as the man who pardoned the South, the first president to be impeached, a Jacksonian Democrat in a world the recognized Jackson as the great villain of American history. Is Johnson just a henchmen? Will he forever remain in Lincoln's shadow?
The Johnson I encountered on that hill in Northern Tennessee was a family man, a lover of a simple life, and a defender of the Constitution. I hope soon to be able to bring more life to his life and convince that he is not exactly the man that history has made him to be. Sure, I have my opinions of bad presidents, but Johnson doesn't quite make that list. Story soon to come...
The Johnson I encountered on that hill in Northern Tennessee was a family man, a lover of a simple life, and a defender of the Constitution. I hope soon to be able to bring more life to his life and convince that he is not exactly the man that history has made him to be. Sure, I have my opinions of bad presidents, but Johnson doesn't quite make that list. Story soon to come...
"I want no more honorable winding-sheet than that of the brave old flag, and no more glorious grave than to be interred in the tomb of the Union." -Andrew Johnson