American Minute with Bill Federer

 June 8

 On JUNE 8, 1845, "Old Hickory" died.

 Wounded by a sword during the Revolutionary War, he later fought the
 Seminole Indians and, in the War of 1812, defeated the British in New
 Orleans.

 He was governor of the Florida Territory, and is credited with
 proposing the name "Tennessee" at that State's first convention.

 His name was Andrew Jackson.

 His wife Rachel dying just three months before he took office as the
 7th U.S. President, Andrew Jackson stated in his 2nd Inaugural:

 "It is my fervent prayer to that Almighty Being before whom I now
 stand, and who has kept us in His hands from the infancy of our
 Republic to the present day...that He will...inspire the hearts of my
 fellow-citizens that we may be preserved from danger."

 On December 30, 1836, Andrew Jackson wrote to A.J. Donelson, upon the
 death of his wife, Emily:

 "We cannot recall her, we are commanded by our dear Saviour, not to
 mourn for the dead, but for the living...She has changed a world of
 woe for a world of eternal happiness, and we ought to prepare as we
 too must follow...'The Lord's will be done on earth as it is in
 heaven.'"

 Of the Bible, Andrew Jackson stated:

 "That book, Sir, is the Rock upon which our republic rests."