. Historic towns of the Southern States. the gallant Tennesseetroops who helped to win the famous victoryat New Orleans assembled at Nashville. One of the happy events in the early life ofthe city, still treasured in our local histories,was the visit of General Lafayette in was received and entertained with joyfuldemonstrations of affection, and it is said thathe lonor remembered and often recalled withpleasure the cordiality of his reception. Nashville has been the arena of many hotlycontested political battles. The eloquence ofSargeant Prentiss, of Henry Clay, of MeredithP. Gentry, o
. Historic towns of the Southern States. the gallant Tennesseetroops who helped to win the famous victoryat New Orleans assembled at Nashville. One of the happy events in the early life ofthe city, still treasured in our local histories,was the visit of General Lafayette in was received and entertained with joyfuldemonstrations of affection, and it is said thathe lonor remembered and often recalled withpleasure the cordiality of his reception. Nashville has been the arena of many hotlycontested political battles. The eloquence ofSargeant Prentiss, of Henry Clay, of MeredithP. Gentry, of Haskell and the old-time oratorsis still remembered. The city was the homeof Felix Grundy, of Thomas H. Benton, laterthe famous Missouri Senator, of General Sam Nashville 491 Houston, the hero of San Jacinto, and of JohnBell. The historic and hospitable mansion ofPresident Andrew Jackson at the Hermitage,a few miles east of Nashville, in those early-days, as now was the Mecca of many pilgrim-ages. Visitors are always charmed with the. THE HERMITAGE MANSION, RESIDENCE OF ANDREW JACKSON. beauty of the surrounding country. A pictu-resque avenue lined with overshadowing cedarsleads to the house. Its stately pillars andbroad porch remind us of an old Virginiahomestead. Here the hero and his beloved wife,Rachel Donelson, lived many happy years, 49- Nashville and entertained their friends and neighborswith generous hospitality. Here Aaron Burrwas a welcome visitor, before he was suspectedof treasonable purposes, and Lafayette, JamesMonroe and Martin Van Buren were honoredguests. In a field adjoining the mansion, twohundred or more friends and neighbors wereentertained at a dinner eiven in honor of theelection of James K. Polk as President. Like the home of Washington at Mt, Ver-non, the residence at the Hermitage was a ver-itable museum of souvenirs, arranged andtreasured by Mrs. Jackson and her adopteddaughter. The walls were adorned with fam-ily and historic portraits, the work of
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