President Andrew Jackson's Hermitage

This morning we went to The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson's home in Tennessee   He was the 11th President of the US,   I don't think I would have liked him much as he believed in slavery, moved the American Indians (or tried to move) west of the Mississippi, didn't let women vote and tried to take down the banking system.  Wish he could come back today and see how much we have changed!

The United States has been struck with two tragedies recently.  One made from terrorism and one an accident.  At this point one man has been found and killed and they are hot on the trail of the other.  I can't fathom how people let themselves get trapped into doing something so awful.  This is a free country, if they hate it so much they can peacefully work to make it better-but that is much harder.  I think of all the people killed the last few days, their families and friends.  Let us hope this is the end of these kind of events.