Although the heat is on to remove the names and images of people on the “wrong side” of American history, and some could be erased, many are the people who built the country. Removing them would be like Christianity omitting the Devil from the Bible.
At some point in time the United States needs to come clean about its dark history. Teach it to everyone as a lesson. A rich and powerful country without faults based on beliefs does not make for a just world.
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Andrew Jackson had a very cold 19th century heart. His dedication to removing indigenous tribes from “American” land so it could be given to “white settlers,” was epic. As a military commander he wrought destruction and death that eventually led him to his big moment as President in 1830; the Indian Removal act.
How can these brutal wounds ever heal when one of the main men behind it is still on the twenty dollar ($20) bill? Can’t we have good and bad apples?
In the south, the settlers were particularly eager to rid themselves of the “Five Civilized Tribes,” especially the state of Georgia, which was involved in a contentious jurisdictional dispute with the Cherokee Nation.