George Sandys born at Bishopsthorpe, England, 1577
March Fourteenth
Content to miss the prize of fame,
If he some true heart’s praise can claim,
He lives in his own world of rhyme,
The great world’s ways forsaking;
Cares not Parnassian heights to climb,
But valley bypaths taking,
Where even the daises in the sod,
Like stars, show him the living God.
Charles W. Hubner
(The Minor Poet)
Thomas Hart Benton born, 1782
March Fifteenth
Abhorrence of debt, public and private; dislike of banks, and love of hard money—love of justice and love of country, were ruling passions with Jackson; and of these he gave constant evidence in all the situations of his life.
Thomas Hart Benton
Andrew Jackson born, 1767
Battle of Guilford Courthouse, 1871