Santa's got naught on me . . .
I have my own list and I've
checked it thrice!
I started collecting heroes when
I was just a kid. Seems I simply
loved looking up to people. They
weren't necessarily known, but
I honored them in my own way.
Today, in honor of one of mine,
I share a few . . .
Barack Hussein Obama II is an
American politician, lawyer, and
author who served as the 44th
president of the United States from
2009 to 2017. A member of the
Democratic Party, Obama was the
first African-American president
of the United States. 1961-
Wikipedia
Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an
American lawyer and jurist who
served as an associate justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States
from 1993 until her death in 2020.
1933-2020 Wikipedia
MAN OF THE HOUR . . .
Martin Luther King Jr. was an
American Baptist minister and
activist who became the most
visible spokesman and leader in the
American civil rights movement
from 1955 until his assassination
in 1968. 1929-1968 Wikipedia
Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese
Thien Buddist monk, peace activist,
and founder of the Plum Village
tradition, historically recognized as
the main inspiration for engaged
Buddhism. 1926- Wikipedia
James Earl Carter Jr. is an American
former politician who served as the
39th president of the United States
form 1977 to 1981. A member of the
Democratic Party, he previously served
as the 76th governor of Georgia from
1971 to 1975 and as a Georgia state
senator from 1963 to 1967. 1924-
Wikipedia
Chester Otis Jennings, maker of fine
wines from his own vineyard and
stunning pieces from his alabaster mine
in Gateway, CO. Chester was born in
Fort Morgan, CO on 21 July 1920 to
Samuel Chester Jennings and Elsie
Catherine Castner. Chester married
Esther May Veatch. They had two
children; Linda Dale Jennings and
Samuel Dale Jennings. 1920-1992
Ancestry
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred
to by his initials JFK, was an American
politician who served as the 35th president
of the United States from 1961 until his
assassination near the end of his third
year in office. 1917-1963 Wikipedia
Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, honoured
in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of
Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman
Catholic nun and missionary. She was
born in Skopje, then part of the Kosovo
Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. 1910-1997
Wikipedia
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American
political figure, diplomat, and activist. She
served as the first lady of the United States
from 1933 to 1945, during her husband
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four
terms in office, making her the longest-
serving first lady of the United States.
1884-1962 Wikipedia
May our heroes and sheroes long live
in our hearts . . .
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