Hall of Heroes IRL

[Satyriasys]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation...merican_Heroes

[Arkat]

Notable missing:

Teddy Roosevelt
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Linus Pauling
Jonas Salk
Sam Houston

[Cernunan]

Call it the hall of dreams, as unless he pays for it himself (he won't), he will never get the funding from congress

[Kipling]

Notable missing:

Teddy Roosevelt
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Linus Pauling
Jonas Salk
Sam Houston

But not necessarily excluded, either. Reference https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...erican-heroes/

[Arkat]

But not necessarily excluded, either. Reference https://www.whitehouse.gov/president...erican-heroes/

Perhaps not, but how do you put Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain before ANY of the people I mentioned?

[Kipling]

Perhaps not, but how do you put Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain before ANY of the people I mentioned?

Alphabetically*.



*Bell was a jerk.

[Hawkwier]

Alphabetically*.



*Bell was a jerk.

He was also a Scot.

Didn't go to USA til he was 21.

[Hawkwier]

Ironically, Rudyard Kipling, too, was a bit of a jerk.

[HungarianRhapsody]

Some impressive names on the list and some really "***?" names in there too.

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

I prefer an international version of that.

[Satyriasys]

I prefer an international version of that.

Why not both? I like that idea too. It would be interesting to see who the global community could agree upon as heroes.

[cdbd3rd]

Why not both? I like that idea too. It would be interesting to see who the global community could agree upon as heroes.

I could see that turning into an all-out brawl - artistic heroes? Scientific ones? Political?? ...other? First comes arguing, then destroying of statues, then...

Zombies.

[sebastianosmith]

Notable missing:
...
Sam Houston

Yeah, no. Can't get behind that one. Kinda took a few of my ancestors on a little stroll even after he got to know them.

Just not for me, personally.