An African American man named John Henry was the hero of former slaves and the people who built the railroads.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

An actor plays Spanish-American Admiral David Farrugut, a hero in the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

Possibly the biggest hero of the event will come from one of the traditional European or South American football powers.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Some Whig leaders remembered how William Henry Harrison had won the presidency for the party by campaigning as a military hero.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

He became a national hero to both black and white Americans because of his skill, bravery and restraint.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

George Washington was a military hero. So was the 7th president, Andrew Jackson, who took office in 1829.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

In nineteen ninety-nine, Walter Plowright won the World Food Prize as a hero of the fight against rinderpest.

VOA: special.2010.11.02

Future generations may sing about the "hero on the Hudson" - the pilot who saved his passengers when he crash-landed on a river.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

They wanted to win the election, and they felt they had a better chance for victory with a military hero like General Taylor.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

And it nominated a hero of the Spanish-American War, New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt, as vice president.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

Hero's family decides to make Claudio believe that she is dead until her innocence can be proved.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

He was called a hero for taking this kind of personal action to support the farm workers.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

So she was my hero, so here is my favorite book from when I was growing up."

VOA: special.2009.10.12

A young farm boy could imagine himself as romantic hero Douglas Fairbanks or comedian Charlie Chaplin.

VOA: special.2010.12.02