Jackson Square, designed as military parade grounds, was known as the Place d’Armes during the French colonial period and ...

The assault on New Orleans had to await the end of the hurricane season. By December the British had assembled some 7,500 troops. Preliminary actions went well for the British. Andrew Jackson ...

Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent The Battle of New Orleans, as painted by E.

St. Louis Cathedral. Cafe Du Monde. The Superdome. Bourbon Street. Here's what New Orleans looked like blanketed in snow, from the French Quarter to Lakeview and beyond.

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 ...

In retirement, Jackson would continue 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!... the ...

Angling for a national command, he became a celebrity for slaughtering the British at New Orleans in 1815. Thomas Jefferson, who, as vice president, had presided as the 30-year-old Rep.

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 ...