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I cannot speak sufficiently in praise of the firmness and deliberation with which my whole line received their approach . . .
-- Andrew Jackson, New Orleans, 1815
Panel 25, 1956
Against concentrations of red, white, and blue paint, Lawrence laid out the aftermath of General Andrew Jackson's remarkable defeat of the British on January 8, 1815, at the Battle of New Orleans in Louisiana. Jackson credited the resounding victory to the valiant participation of Kentuckians, Creole people, immigrants, and enslaved men who all fought together behind the safety of Line Jackson. The seven-foot-high-wall built by enslaved men out of logs, earth, and cotton bales stretched nearly a mile and protected nearly all the fighters. Lawrence showed us the survivors who lean over to peer at the redcoats they defeated so convincingly. |