Tennessee, among other things, lays claim to the title of country music capital of the World. However, this state is also home to numerous Volunteers and the birthplace of some of the most dedicated Youth in Government delegates you will ever meet. YMCA Youth in Government in Tennessee offers a unique experience with civic engagement for more than 3,200 students each year, ranging in age from 5th to 12th grade.
Eight statewide conferences are held in Tennessee each year: two middle school and two high school Model United Nations conferences, as well as two middle and high school Youth in Government conferences in our State Capitol. When delegates aren’t debating in the House or Senate of YIG, or Plenary session of MUN, they have the opportunity to serve as Governor’s Cabinet Members, Lobbyists, Video Press Members, Printed Press Members, Supreme Court Justices, or Lawyers at YIG or at the Model UN as International Court Justices, lawyers, or Security Council members.
Because we hold multiple conferences, some of our delegates here at CONA had never met one another until boarding the bus on Saturday. Still, somehow, year after year, our time spent together on the Mountain turns the strangers of yesterday into today’s lifelong friends and we always pick up a few wonderful new friends hailing from states all across the country. Now you know a little about our program; however, we want to help break the ice by sharing a few fun facts about one of our state’s most accomplished and colorful sons. President Andrew Jackson called the Hermitage in the Middle Tennessee home, and was quite a character. Not only did he survive a failed assassination attempt when his would-be assassins shots missed their target, he also managed to lay hold of his assassin and beat him brutally- his fists his only weapon. And that wasn’t his only brush with death- during a duel, he took a bullet from his opponent, stood his ground, and fired back-killing his foe. The bullet would remain lodged in Jackson’s chest forever. While President, Jackson held an inauguration party at the White House that was open to the public. Party-goers enjoyed the revelry so much that Jackson was forced to lure the drunken mobs out of the house onto the lawn with large vats of orange juice and beer, so that order could be restored to a disheveled White house. Finally, Jackson introduced the donkey as the symbol of the Democratic Party, which the nation still uses today.
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I in no way intend to diss on the state of TN, but since you bring up Andrew Jackson, I feel his ENTIRE history should be known:
In addition to being a violent, drunken fool, Andrew Jackson also initiated the Trail of Tears.
So please, let's thank him for exterminating nearly an entire race of indigenous peoples by carrying on the long and illustrious history of Europeans and European-Americans who brought IMPERIALISM and GENOCIDE to North America, beginning with Columbus.
THANK YOU Mr.Jakcson!
OH NO SHE DIDN'T!
Dear Pocahontas,
Keep your nasty and unenlightened comments to yourself in the future. AJ was awesome, and he even adopted a black baby! Let's even have a round of applause for America's best president.
In his December 8, 1829 First Annual Message to Congress, Jackson stated:
"This emigration should be voluntary, for it would be as cruel as unjust to compel the aborigines to abandon the graves of their fathers and seek a home in a distant land. But they should be distinctly informed that if they remain within the limits of the States they must be subject to their laws. In return for their obedience as individuals they will without doubt be protected in the enjoyment of those possessions which they have improved by their industry."
Yet SOME people blame him for the trail of tears???
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