--- title: Donald Trump Nashville: Lays Wreath at Andrew Jackson's Tomb description: President Trump will lay a wreath at the grave of President Andrew Jackson on the 250th anniversary of his birth. canonical: https://time.com/4699849/donald-trump-andrew-jackson-grave/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-13T18:05:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:49:01.496Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Will Lay a Wreath at Andrew Jackson's Grave og:description: He has a painting of Jackson in the Oval Office. og:url: https://time.com/4699849/donald-trump-andrew-jackson-grave/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9bdb9570e87c74f/69877afe35ba6f88c6c069fa/jackson1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Andrew Jackson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Will Lay a Wreath at Andrew Jackson's Grave twitter:description: He has a painting of Jackson in the Oval Office. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9bdb9570e87c74f/69877afe35ba6f88c6c069fa/jackson1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Will Lay a Wreath at Andrew Jackson's Grave by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Mar 13, 2017 6:05 PM UTC  A portrait of Andrew Jackson, circa 1830 A portrait of Andrew Jackson, circa 1830Popperfoto / Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Mar 13, 2017 6:05 PM UTC President Trump will lay a wreath at the grave of President Andrew Jackson on the 250th anniversary of his birth. White House spokesman Sean Spicer noted at a press conference Monday that Trump will visit [Jackson’s tomb](http://thehermitage.com/learn/mansion-grounds/jacksons-tomb/) at [The Hermitage](http://thehermitage.com) during a visit to Nashville on Wednesday. The historic plantation, now run as a museum, will be [closed to the public that day](http://wkrn.com/2017/03/13/the-hermitage-to-close-to-the-public-wednesday-as-trump-visits-nashville/). Trump is visiting Nashville to hold a campaign rally at the Municipal Auditorium as he promotes [a Republican health care bill](http://time.com/4699375/gop-health-care-bill-faces-a-key-test/) being considered by the House of Representatives. It’s not the first time that Trump has [singled out Jackson](http://time.com/4649081/andrew-jackson-donald-trump-portrait/), a populist who often spoke about “the common man” who oversaw the Indian Removal Act, a law forcing the moving of the Cherokee nation in what became known as the “Trail of Tears.” In January, Trump chose to [hang a portrait of Jackson](http://time.com/4649081/andrew-jackson-donald-trump-portrait/) in the Oval Office, whom he called [“an amazing figure in American history — very unique so many ways.”](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/us/politics/donald-trump-andrew-jackson.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4699849/donald-trump-andrew-jackson-grave/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4699849/donald-trump-andrew-jackson-grave/"},"headline":"President Trump Will Lay a Wreath at Andrew Jackson's Grave","datePublished":"2017-03-13T18:05:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:49:01.496Z","description":"President Trump will lay a wreath at the grave of President Andrew Jackson on the 250th anniversary of his birth.","url":"https://time.com/4699849/donald-trump-andrew-jackson-grave/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Nashville"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9bdb9570e87c74f/69877afe35ba6f88c6c069fa/jackson1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9bdb9570e87c74f/69877afe35ba6f88c6c069fa/jackson1.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Andrew Jackson","caption":"Andrew Jackson","creditText":"Popperfoto / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4699849/donald-trump-andrew-jackson-grave/","name":"President Trump Will Lay a Wreath at Andrew Jackson's Grave"}}]}] ```