Real American Heroes Facts, Quotes, and Stories

Cesar Chavez: American Hero

admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:17:29 +0000

“Excerpt from a web page from The Cesar E. Chavez Foundation”

Cesar Estrada Chavez, Senator Robert F. Kennedy noted, was “one of the heroic figures of our time..”

A true American hero, Cesar was a civil rights, Latino, farm worker, and labor leader; a religious and spiritual figure; a community servant and social entrepreneur; a crusader for nonviolent social change; and an environmentalist and consumer advocate.

Read the complete article…

Resource: Clara Barton / Historic Home

admin — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:35:19 +0000

“There’s probably no better way to learn about the historic woman who founded the American Red Cross than to visit Clara Barton’s house in Glen Echo, Md., near Washington.”

… thus begins a new article you might enjoy:

Historic Woman: ‘Battlefield Angel’ Clara Barton
Monday, March 28, 2011
By Moira E. McLaughlin, The Washington Post

Read the complete article at: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11087/1135006-369.stm#ixzz1Ir5SD64n

Quote: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

admin — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:19:45 +0000

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

Fun Fact: Albert Einstein

admin — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:19:27 +0000

Have you heard that Einstein was bad at studying in school? Actually, the owner of a Nobel Prize did very well in school, particularly in science and mathematics.

Resource: The Heroic Imagination Project

admin — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:10:52 +0000

Can you imagine being a hero?

The Heroic Imagination Project will help you explore that idea. They combine research in the areas of heroism with programs for students, adults, and organizations – all to help us realize that “everyone has the potential to transform the private virtue of compassion into the civic virtue of heroic action.”

In their Leadership Workshop, participants are invited to explore real world situations, reflect on heroic examples, and internalize strategies and plans in our lives.

In their TechHeroes program, students and senior work together with technology, collaboratively, in service to each other.

And with their HIP Schools Toolkit, teachers have a structure and a variety of resources to help them integrate the “lessons” of heroes.

Visit http://heroicimagination.org/ for more information.

Book: Heroes: What They Do and Why We Need Them

admin — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:49:37 +0000

It is great to find others talking about, thinking about, and exploring heroes. Here’s a recently published book that looks very exciting.

“In Heroes: What They Do and Why We Need Them, Scott T. Allison and George R. Goethals offer a stimulating tour of the psychology of heroism, shedding light on what heroism and villainy mean to most people and why heroes — both real people and fictional characters — are so vital to our lives. … Brimming with psychological insight, Heroes: What They Do and Why We Need Them provides an illuminating look at heroes — and into our own minds as well.”

(The above description is copied from http://blog.richmond.edu/heroes/category/heroes-book/ – please visit that page from much more information and to order the book.)

Resource: George C. Marshall

admin — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:45:58 +0000

George Marshall: The Hero With a Plan

Published on September 12, 2010

By Scott T. Allison and George R. Goethals

from the web site Heroes: What They Do and Why We Need Them

http://blog.richmond.edu/heroes/2010/09/12/george-marshall-the-hero-with-a-plan/

Fun Fact: Jackie Robinson

admin — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:06:29 +0000

• Played professional Negro League on the Kansas City Monarchs in 1945
• Married Rachel Isum Feb 20 1946
• Played for the Brooklyn Dodgers 1947-56
• Named NL Rookie of the Year 1947
(The FIRST rookie of the year awarded by the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Named NL MVP 1949
• Had 3 kids, Jackie Jr., Sharon and David
• Retired from baseball 1957
• Worked for Chock Full O’Nuts
• Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Fun Fact: Clara Barton

admin — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:22:11 +0000

“as seen on her tombstone”

Clara Barton ”Angel of the Battlefield”

Civil War 1861-1885
Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871
Spanish-American War 1870-1871
Organizer and President of the American National Red Cross ;1881-1904 Dec. 25,1821- April 12,1912

Book: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

admin — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:35:07 +0000

This little boardbook uses only approximately 200 words to tell about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and to explain, in simple terms, how he ended segegation in America.