Advocate staff photo by MATTHEW HINTON--The Andrew Jackson Statue in Jackson Square in the French Quarter is seen in New Orleans, La. Tuesday, March 29, 2016.

Gen. Andrew Jackson 's statue in New Orelans' Jackson Square. (BRYAN S. BERTEAUX, The Times-Picayune) Take 'Em Down NOLA, a grassroots group opposed to the prevalence of New Orleans monuments ...

If New Orleans intends to purge all symbols of the Confederacy, it must take down its famous statue of Andrew Jackson, too, according to a Big Easy professor who says his tongue-in-cheek demand is ...

The pedestal of the New Orleans statue of Andrew Jackson may be unique. Prominently displayed is Jackson’s famous quote “the Union must be preserved.” ...

If the New Orleans City Council won’t allow Robert E. Lee to stand above Lee Circle, why should Andrew Jackson remain in Jackson Square? That was the question raised before a City Council ...

NEW ORLEANS — The anti-statue mob has now come for Andrew Jackson, whose mounted figure in the heart of the French Quarter has been a symbol of this city since the Civil War. The statue of ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of people turned out Saturday in New Orleans historic French Quarter to protest a statue of Andrew Jackson and Confederate monuments in the city.

During the War of 1812, Jackson became a hero for helping to defeat the British Army in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. But he was also a slave owner, owning a plantation in Coahoma County ...

A new federal lawsuit seeking to block the removal of monuments to Confederate officials in New Orleans argues that the city unfairly discriminated against a Tulane ...