There seems to be two histories and I doubt either of them is true. After WW II the Russians set about rewriting their histories and as a 10 year old I wondered if that could happen here, I decide it could and it appears I was right.
Old Hickory did well in the Battle of New Orleans for us. “In 1814, we took a little trip....”
Polk? Gave us 54 40 or fight, resolved, IIRC, by JQ Adams peacefully. The British and American camps up there in the San Juans are tidy little pieces of gold in the waters off the Juan de Fuca strait.
You know this.
I understand Jackson was actually quite the DC insider. I don’t know about Polk.
Give it time and George Washington and Thomas Jefferson will be vilified and removed from our currency.