There would have been no country to project force across the Atlantic and the Pacific in the 20th century. Lee or Stonewall Jackson or Nathan Bedford Forrest, god help us, you do not belong on public land, because if you had won, there would be no 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment. And here's why- my test of statues on public land in places of clear veneration is were you devoted to the project of a constitutional journey toward a more perfect union? And if you were not, if you were Robert E. JON MEACHAM: At this point, yes, probably. MICHAEL ISIKOFF: Would you- would you approve of that? If Native Americans start demanding that Andrew Jackson's statue comes down, would you go along? Across from the White House in Lafayette Square stands that bronze statue of Jackson on horseback. MICHAEL ISIKOFF: You wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Andrew Jackson. However, Meacham says that he believes the focus should be on “addition as opposed to subtraction.” Video Transcript Referring to the statue of President Andrew Jackson located in Lafayette Park across from the White House, Meacham, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his book “American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House,” says that if Native American groups called for the statue’s removal, he would support them. Historian and author Jon Meacham joins Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff to discuss the merits and pitfalls of removing statues of figures with racist or otherwise problematic histories.
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