One more to go! Visited thye "Hermitage" of Andrew Jackson in Nashville today...He was quite a man...and sure left his mark on the Presidency...He was a helion as a kid...served in 4 wars!...Fought in Revolutionary war at age 13...was a drinker and a womanizer and a gambler...evidently gave up "the good life" to become an attorney! Invited into Politics and the rest is History that you will read in my book...Married a divorcee (who wasn't divorced"...fought a duel after she was slandered...Killed the opponent etc! Story of Andrew and Rachel emenated.. The house sits on 1100 acres...great big mansion...very impressive....Mother and wife played an important part in his life....and he worked extremely hard post-presidency to get Polk elected....another interesting story!Saw his and Rachels grave at the home...

Was told by one person at Museum that Polk and his wife were buried at the Capitol building in downtown Nashville...dashed back there...and walked up thousands of stone stepsw intyo the Capitol..and then hundreds more steps down in the back to the East Lawn...Found Polk and his wife's tomb...very impressive and also saw big statue of Andrew Jackson on horseback there as well as statue of Andrew Johnson!....Tennessee claims all 3 Presidents as their own..but all 3 were born in North Carolina...another story to relate later!

Left in a hurry to drive 70 miles southwest to Columbia, Tennessee where the home of Polk is located...really appreciated the beautiful countryside and farmlands an d great highways of Tennessee. The house was very nice...about 10,000 square feet...beautiful maqnsion...allowed to walk all thru it ...got all the "dirt" about him...and his Presidency was confirmed by everything we saw and heard there to agree to my pre-conceived evaluation...He was REALLY a GREAT PRESIDENT...not apparently appreciated yet today....He worked himself to death...would not seek a 2nd term,,,since he was exhausted...and died within 3 months after leaving the White House...His widow wore nothing but black clothes for the 42 years she lived follwing his death....Much more to tell later...very, very interesting....

Many books were pujrchased in all places and as I drive...Daras is reading them constantly and enjoying...wait until she tells you...and me, all about it!

Time for bed...we drove to about an 1-1/2 hour west of Knoxville to a nice hotel..good dinner and bed.....Tomorrow we go thru Knoxville directly to Greeneville and the Home of Andrew Johnson...That will be the FINAL stop...and then back to Hershey and Tiger!

Will tell you all about it tomorrow!