General Andrew Jackson Statue

A bronze Andrew Jackson sits atop a horse that rears back on its hind legs, balanced entirely on two points of contact. Sculptor Clark Mills cast this in eighteen fifty-three, the first equestrian statue ever created in the United States. To achieve the balance, Mills added weight to the horse's tail, anchoring the center of gravity. When Jackson’s rivals argued the statue would fall, Mills stood underneath the bronze hooves while the crane removed the support beams, confident in his physics.