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Immerse yourself in this historic tour of Nashville, walking in the footsteps of Andrew Jackson, seventh president of America, a popular, polarizing and controversial figure to this day. Experience Nashville through his eyes, beginning at the Hermitage Hotel and ending inside the Tennessee State Museum, with an hour tour from your guide. A frontiersman from humble beginnings, nobody could foresee the astonishing rise to military heroism and political fame of the fiery-tempered, red-headed, tall and charming Andrew Jackson. A president for the people, and founder of the Democratic Party, Jackson nonetheless remains a divisive figure as his wealth was derived from slavery, and it was his policies that instigated the horrors of the Indian Removal and massacre of thousands of Native Americans. On this walking tour, you’ll visit the Nashville of the 1830s and learn all about this extraordinary presidential figure.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Nashville, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Immerse yourself in this historic tour of Nashville, walking in the footsteps of Andrew Jackson, seventh president of America, a popular, polarizing and controversial figure to this day. Experience Nashville through his eyes, beginning at the Hermitage Hotel and ending inside the Tennessee State Museum, with an hour tour from your guide. A frontiersman from humble beginnings, nobody could foresee the astonishing rise to military heroism and political fame of the fiery-tempered, red-headed, tall and charming Andrew Jackson. A president for the people, and founder of the Democratic Party, Jackson nonetheless remains a divisive figure as his wealth was derived from slavery, and it was his policies that instigated the horrors of the Indian Removal and massacre of thousands of Native Americans. On this walking tour, you’ll visit the Nashville of the 1830s and learn all about this extraordinary presidential figure.
Itinerary
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Stop At: The Hermitage Hotel, 231 6th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37219, USA
Begin your tour at the majestic Hermitage Hotel, and learn about Jackson’s plantation home of the same name just outside of Nashville.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Tennessee State Capitol, 600 Dr. M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Nashville, TN 37243, USA
Walk around the Tennessee State Capitol, and hear about Jackson’s unlikely meteoric rise from an impoverished orphan, to a lawyer, to a war hero and finally to the president.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Nashville, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Learn about the fascinating life and times of Andrew Jackson, the 7th President of the United States of America, as you walk around his home city of Nashville, Tennessee. Deepen your understanding of the origins of American Democracy and the colonization of the lands of the indigenous tribes in relation to Jackson’s politics, which would have ramifications for generations to come.
See the Masonic Grand Lodge of Tennessee and learn about the role of the freemasons in Jackson’s life and his opponents.
Marvel at the Downtown Presbyterian Church, with its Egyptian influenced architecture and where Jackson was a member.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208-2624
Tour the Tennessee State Museum with your private guide and its superb collection of Jackson’s artefacts and learn about his divisive public life as ‘the people’s politician’, army general and lawmaker, and how he split off from the Republican Whigs to form the Democratic Party.
Duration: 30 minutes
