Walking Sticks - Replicas of Andrew Jackson’s walking stick.
Made from cherry trees from the grounds of The Hermitage.
The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson’s home located in Nashville, is is the third most visited presidential site in the United States. Each year, the 1,120-acre National Historic Landmark welcomes more than 230,000 visitors, most of whom travel from outside Tennessee. The Ladies' Hermitage Association (now the Andrew Jackson Foundation) was organized in 1889 to honor President Andrew Jackson by preserving the home, its furnishings, and the site. Thank goodness they did. President James K. Polk’s house in downtown Nashville was demolished in 1901.
Last Fall, the Ladies Hermitage Association commissioned me to make five replicas of Jackson’s walking stick which will be given to retiring Regents of the Foundation in appreciation of their service. The material from which I was to make them came from cherry trees grown on the site that were deemed no longer viable.