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Andrew Jackson blue plaque

Blue plaque
Andrew Jackson blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Reputed site of the ancestral home of Andrew Jackson President of the U.S.A. 1829-1837

From the Open Plaques record 10908

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