Two hundred years after the Battle of New Orleans was waged -- earning it an eternal place in Louisiana history books and further burnishing Andrew Jackson's reputation as one of America's ...

Thursday marked the 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, which influenced the course of American history and propelled Andrew Jackson to the Presidency. The Historic New Orleans ...

Into this dire situation stepped Major General Andrew Jackson. Having witnessed the ... overlooking the most important target of all: New Orleans. If the British conquered New Orleans, they ...

Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson’s defeat of the British in the Battle of New Orleans likely won him the presidency. The Tennessee native rushed to New Orleans’ aid when he learned the British planned ...

Not the least among them was Tennessee’s Andrew Jackson ... and the men under his command at the Battle of New Orleans. The resolution commended Jackson for “illustrating the patriotic ...

Gen. Andrew Jackson led a small, poorly equipped force to a decisive American victory against 8,000 British troops in the Battle of New Orleans. The invading British Army, under Gen. Edward ...

(Tom Gregory) In New Orleans Jackson is hailed as a hero. (Emilie Leumas) After the battle was over, Andrew Jackson asks Dubourg to plan a celebration for the city. And on January 23rd, they have ...

When Andrew Jackson arrived in New Orleans in winter ... reputation that would help make him president in 1829. The Battle of ...

Brian Kilmeade discussed his book on the War of 1812's Battle of New Orleans and took viewer phone calls from the 18th… Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger talked about their book Andrew Jackson and ...

History was made 200 years ago at the Battle of New Orleans when, under Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson, a diverse group of French Creoles, Kentucky and Tennessee riflemen, Baratarians and free men of ...

Kittell, the president and CEO of the Andrew Jackson Foundation, said organizers look forward to celebrating that victory in the Battle of New Orleans through festivities that visitors of all ages ...

At first it might seem as if the Battle of New Orleans had little to do with ... other than making General Andrew Jackson a national hero. The other one, fought in Belgium in Europe, was ...