Flashback : Andrew Jackson Meets The Nuns Who Prayed For Victory in The Battle For New Orleans

New Orleans Historical reports:

On January 7, 1815, the night before the Battle of New Orleans, the statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor was placed above the chapel entrance. All night long the Ursuline sisters and New Orleans citizens prayed in the Chapel of Our Lady of Consolation while awaiting word from the Chalmette battlefield. Mother Ste. Marie Francis Olivier de Vezin, the Superior of the Ursuline nuns, vowed an annual Mass of Thanksgiving in honor of Our Lady of Prompt Succor if the Americans were spared loss of life in the battle. “The Mother and nuns were still at prayer on January 8 when a courier arrived at the church and made a dramatic entrance proclaiming that General Jackson was victorious,” according to one account. After the battle, Ursuline sisters cared for sick and wounded British and American soldiers at the convent.

A Mass of Thanksgiving celebrating the American victory was held in St. Louis Cathedral on January 23, 1815. Abbe Dubourg, later Bishop Dubourg, presided at the service which was attended by Major General Andrew Jackson and his staff, as well as hundreds of people inside the church and thousands standing outside. Jackson and his staff are said to have visited the Ursuline Convent to pay their respects to the nuns and thank them for their prayers. The Ursuline nuns kept their promise and every year a Mass of Thanksgiving in honor of Our Lady of Prompt Succor is held on January 8th, the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans.

American history that's probably not being taught in your local government school.