Notes from the Curator – Joys of the Season | December 2022
December 1, 2022
Joys of the Season Pam Miner, Vice President of Collections, Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage Source: Van Buren, Martin. Martin Van Buren Papers Series: 2 General more...
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Two Hundred Years Ago, Jackson’s 1822 | Notes from the Curator
January 31, 2022
Two Hundred Years Ago, Jackson’s 1822 Tony Guzzi, Vice President, Preservation and Site Operations Andrew Jackson spent most of 1822 in his brand-new home at more...
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Moving into the Hermitage Mansion | Notes from the Curator
November 30, 2021
Moving into the Hermitage Mansion, November 1821 Written by Marsha Mullin, Vice President of Collections and Research & Chief Curator* Andrew and Rachel Jackson, along more...
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Jackson Resigns as Governor of Florida Territory | Notes from the Curator
September 28, 2021
Jackson Resigns as Governor of Florida Territory Written by Marsha Mullin, Vice President of Collections and Research & Chief Curator Andrew Jackson spent his last more...
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July 1821 – The U.S. Receives Florida from Spain with Andrew Jackson at the Helm | Notes from the Curator
July 29, 2021
Andrew Jackson Finally Receives Florida from Spain in July 1821 Written by Marsha Mullin, Vice President of Collections and Research & Chief Curator July 1821—The more...
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Reflections from Angola
October 18, 2018
On July 14, 2018, I attended the Back to Angola Festival, an event to commemorate the lives of the formerly enslaved persons escaping slavery in more...
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Sarah Jackson’s Sewing Table
February 9, 2016
In Memory of Jean Fuller Guy by Marsha Mullin, Vice-President of Museum Services On January 6 2016, Jean Fuller Guy passed away in Humboldt Tennessee. more...
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Food and Luxury at The Hermitage
December 19, 2015
Food is such an integral part of the holiday season so naturally we are curious about that aspect of the Jackson family’s life. Unfortunately, no more...
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The Centennial of Preservation of The Hermitage
October 22, 2015
2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans; but for Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage the year marks another anniversary, the centennial of the more...
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Education at the Hermitage
June 29, 2015
Although President Andrew Jackson did not receive a formal education as a child, he learned the value of having an education at the Hermitage in more...
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Marquis de Lafayette
May 4, 2015
One hundred and ninety years ago this month, Andrew Jackson entertained the most famous guest to visit The Hermitage during his lifetime. In 1824-25, Revolutionary more...
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Andrew Jackson Junior
April 4, 2015
This month marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and of President Lincoln’s assassination. However, it marks another 150th anniversary much more...