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It may or may not be common knowledge by now that on my back burner of things to do is the complete removal of Andrew Jackson from U.S. currency. I say "backburner" because right when my effort managed to gather steam last March, the "immigration protests" hit. That was the first of many incidents that would clearly take priority over my cause. I currently am waiting to calmer times so that Congress might be slightly more attentive. But on to the point. . . I stumbled across this web article the other day entitled "How to Celebrate Andrew Jackson Day". Thinking it to be a joke that someone would celebrate one of the most prominent racist and genocidal maniacs in American History, I read through this article. As it turns out, Tennessee celebrates "Andrew Jackson Day" on March 15 every year. What buffoonery is this? That was the question I kept asking myself. Now, I hate to preach to you but I'll just come right out and tell you again that Andr