Commemorating the Night Attack of December 23, 1814 and The Battle of New Orleans: When Songs Used to be About Things

It was on this day in 1814 that Andrew Jackson led a group of soldiers against the British in the Night Attack of December 23rd, a prelude to the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. Nearly 150 years later, a high school history teacher commemorated the events of the battle in a song that would eventually become a worldwide hit.

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