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In this image, a handsome equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson, the first governor of the Florida territory and the seventh president of the United States, appropriately tips its hat to the sleek cathedrals of commerce that now soar over Jacksonville, his namesake town. (Jackson’s name is often associated with money – his portrait graces the US $20 bill, his administration paid off the entire national debt in 1835, and his subsequent banking decisions led to financial panic of 1837.) This memorial to “Old Hickory” is one of four identical equestrian statues of Jackson by the sculptor Clark Mills. The others stand in Jackson Square in New Orleans, in Nashville on the grounds of the Tennessee state capitol, and in Washington DC’s Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House. (Mills also created the Statue of Freedom, which sits atop the US Capitol dome.)
Image Copyright © held by Phil Douglis, The Douglis Visual Workshops