31. At the time, Byrd was hailed as a national hero, paraded up Broadway and welcomed with medals by President Calvin Coolidge. 32. Aung San remains a legend and a national hero in Burma. 33. Barak is a general and a national hero like his great predecessor, Yitzhak Rabin. 34. Before they became national heroes, they were hometown heroes. 35. Being married to a national hero sounds exciting but it can be a more trying life than most. 36. ----- There will always be an England, of course, but its national heroes come under some eye-opening scrutiny this month in the British magazine Realm. 37. A century earlier, the national hero Jose Rizal tried and was executed by the Spanish. 38. A more remarkable story, of course, is how these Gauls became national heroes. 39. After Mexico City, Wolde became a national hero, like Bikila before him and Yifter afterward, and today Haile Gebreselaisse. 40. After the war, both artists were celebrated as national heroes. |