Sharp Knife Recognized

The Hermitage, plantation home of Andrew Jackson, has been added as an official site on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. Jackson, known as Sharp Knife to the Indians he betrayed, was a con man, a racist (even for his time) and an ethnic cleanser long before anyone ever heard of Slobodan Milosevic. Recognizing his brutal obsession with driving the Southeastern tribes from the homes is an important first step in gaining peace for the thousands whose bones litter unmarked graves from Georgia to Oklahoma.