Saved our country from the innocent Native Americans he slaughtered?
The guy was a very bad person, Emjay. VERY bad.
Edited to add: I have no problem with Melania's decision to take down that dangerous tree.
If only the rest of Jackson's legacy could have been hewed down with it.......
Well, there was a little more to Jackson't history than that. He did win the Battle of New Orleans, which was pretty important to the war of 1812. But, as with Benedict Arnold, who would have been considered a hero today if he had died in that early battle of the Revolution where he was badly injured, Old Hickory would be considered a hero if his career had ended after New Orleans.
But, those are hypothetical. History considers the totality of people, and Jackson wasn't a kindly President. It's why they considered replacing him on the $20 bill. That plan seems to have been quietly scrapped by Mnuchin. I'm sure it will come up again, so I need to get an extra frame for the sheets of currency I have hanging on my wall.