On this episode of Our American Stories, it’s not every day a U.S. president’s funeral has to be paused because of a swearing parrot—but then again, Andrew Jackson never followed the rules, even in death. As guests gathered to mourn the seventh president, his longtime pet had other ideas. Historian Mark Cheatham, a professor of history at Cumberland University and a leading scholar on Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonian era, joins us with the true story of the funeral crash that left everyone stunned—and the historical scandal no one saw coming.

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<p>On this episode of Our American Stories, it&rsquo;s not every day a U.S. president&rsquo;s funeral has to be paused because of a swearing parrot&mdash;but then again, Andrew Jackson never followed the rules, even in death. As guests gathered to mourn the seventh president, his longtime pet had other ideas. Historian Mark Cheatham, a professor of history at Cumberland University and a leading scholar on Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonian era, joins us with the true story of the funeral crash that left everyone stunned&mdash;and the historical scandal no one saw coming.</p>
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A Bird Had to Be Removed from Andrew Jackson’s Funeral — Here’s Why

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