It is a remarkable thing when an entire country changes its mind.
Andrew Jackson, once almost universally admired as a personification of refreshing democratic values, now is considered a prosecutor of genocide. Ulysses Grant, once portrayed as a shiftless drunk and political dunce, is a symbol of generosity and prudence. Woodrow Wilson, once hailed as the idealist of his age, is considered a racist. Dwight Eisenhower, once disparaged as a presidential mediocrity principally interested in his putting game, is remembered for putting America on a strong footing for the coming decade of the 1960s.
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