Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Butorials are normally somber affairs.

Attendees wear black, kind words are spoken about the deceased from loved ones and cherished

friends.

People cry and embrace one another during one of the most difficult times of their lives.

Therefore, it would be inappropriate to, say, stand up and shout a string of swear words

among the grieving crowd.

But that's exactly what happened at President Andrew Jackson's funeral.

Before he became President, Andrew Jackson was a lawyer from the Waxaw settlement, right

on the border between North and South Carolina.

He served as a courier with his older brother during the Revolutionary War, before going

on to become a general in the War of 1812.

Though he'd served his country several times during his life, Jackson's reputation as a

patriot has become tarnished today by a lifetime of racism and support for white supremacy.

He was a staunch defender of slavery and the central player in the upheaval of Native Americans

from their lands.

It can be argued that Jackson's genocidal tactics undermined any of the good he managed

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